An equity analyst has been asked to estimate the intrinsic value of the common stock of Apple. Apple is in a mature industry, and both its earnings and dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4% annually. Which of the following is most likely to be the best model for determining the intrinsic value of an Apple share? A. Gordon growth model. В. Free cash flow to equity model. C. Multistage dividend discount model.

If you were an investor considering purchasing the stock of a company and you were concerned about the company's ability to produce income or operating success for a given period of time, which of the following trends would worry you most? O a decreasing inventory turnover ratio an increasing return on common stockholders' equity ratio O a decreasing return on assets ratio an increasing current ratio

True or False: It is free for a company to raise money through retained earnings, because retained earnings represent money that is left over after dividends are paid out to shareholders. False True The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (TRF) is 3.86% while the market risk premium is 6.63%. The Monroe Company has a beta of 0.92. Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Monroe's cost of equity is The cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium approach The Lincoln Company is closely held and, therefore, cannot generate reliable inputs with which to use the CAPM method for estimating a company's cost of internal equity. Lincoln's bonds yield 11.52%, and the firm's analysts estimate that the firm's risk premium on its stock over its bonds is 4.95%. Based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Lincoln's cost of internal equity is: 19.76% 16.47% 15.65% O 18.12%

Attempts Keep the Highest / 3 6. Expected returns, dividends, and growth The constant growth valuation formula has dividends in the numerator. Dividends are divided by the difference between the required return and dividend growth rate as follows: Po = D₁ (Tx-g) Which of the following statements is true? Increasing dividends will always increase the stock price. ○ Increasing dividends will always decrease the stock price, because the firm is depleting internal funding resources. Increasing dividends may not always increase the stock price, because less earnings may be invested back into the firm and that impedes growth. Walter Utilities is a dividend-paying company and is expected to pay an annual dividend of $2.85 at the end of the year. Its dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7.00% per year. If Walter's stock currently trades for $25.00 per share, what is the expected rate of return? 1,420.00% 710.65% 18.40% 791.20% Which of the following statements will always hold…

What is the cost of equity based on the dividend growth model?  What is the cost of equity based on the security market line? What market weights should be given to the various capital components in the weighted average cost of capital computation What is the weighted average cost of capital using the cost equity calculated based on CAPM?

According to the Gordon dividend model, which of the following variables would not affect a stock's price? the firm's expected growth rate in dividends the number of shares outstanding the shareholder's required return next year's expected dividend

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Your friend Carra is interested in investing in Spark common stocks.  She knows that you are taking finance and have learned about stock valuation using historical dividends information.  Carra has collected the following dividends data on Spark and asked for your help to calculate the stock price of this company.   Use the Constant Growth Dividend model you learned to perform stock valuation for this company.  Use the past dividends data to estimate the constant growth rate (it is assumed that the dividends will grow at its historical average growth rate from now onwards) for the dividends.  Under the assumption that Spark will continue this dividend pattern forever and Carra wants to earn an annual rate of return of 11% on this investment, what price would Carra be willing to pay for the stock price of this company?  What happens to the stock price that Carra would be willing to pay if her required rate of return is 15% (which is greater than 10%)?  Briefly interpret your answers.…

A firm wants a sustainable growth rate of 2.73 percent while maintaining a dividend payout ratio of 39 percent and a profit margin of 6 percent. The firm has a capital intensity ratio of 2. What is the debt-equity ratio that is required to achieve the firm's desired rate of growth?

Tyler Enterprises's stock is currently selling for $45.56 per share, and the firm expects its per-share dividend to be $2.35 in one year. Analysts project the firm's growth rate to be constant at 7.27%. Estimating the cost of equity using the discounted cash flow (or dividend growth) approach, what is Tyler's cost of internal equity? O 12.43% 15.54% O 11.81% 13.05% Estimating growth rates It is often difficult to estimate the expected future dividend growth rate for use in estimating the cost of existing equity using the DCF or DG approach. In general, there are three available methods to generate such an estimate: • Carry forward a historical realized growth rate, and apply it to the future. • Locate and apply an expected future growth rate prepared and published by security analysts. • Use the retention growth model. Suppose Tyler is currently distributing 70% of its earnings in the form of cash dividends. It has also historically generated an average return on equity (ROE) of 8%.…