Consider four different stocks, all of which have a required return of 18.75 percent and a most recent dividend of $3.45 per share. Stocks W, X, and Y are expected to maintain constant growth rates in dividends for the foreseeable future of 10.5 percent, O percent, and -5.25 percent per year, respectively. Stock Z is a growth stock that will increase its dividend by 20.75 percent for the next two years and then maintain a constant 12.5 percent growth rate, thereafter. (Hint: Z is like the last stock on the Stock Problems video.) a. What is the dividend yield for each of these four stocks? (Do not round Intermedlate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the expected capital gains yield for each of these four stocks? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "O" wherever required. Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Stock W dividend yield Stock X dividend yield Stock Y dividend yield Stock Z dividend yield b. 96 96 96 Stock W capital gains yield Stock X capital gains yield Stock Y capital gains yield Stock Z capital gains yield % 96 96 96 96

The beta risk of a share reflects the sensitivity of cash flow, earnings, and the share price to what sort of movements? Select one: a. Industry-wide market movements. b. Capital market movements. c. Economy-wide market movements. d. All of these.

What effect do increasing inflation expectations have on the required returns of investors in common stock?

How will the change in required return influence the price of a stock? How will the dividend growth rate influence the price of a stock?