Evans & Sons, Inc., disclosed the following information in a recent annual report: Previous Year Current Year $94,500 $129,600 1,000,000 1,500,000 Net Income Average stockholders' equity Dividend per common share Earnings per share Market price per common share, year-end Previous Year $ Current Year $ 5.13 7.70 51.30 Calculate the return on equity for Evans & Sons for each year. Did the return improve? Numerator Denominator Did the return improve? The return on common stockholders' equity 0 5.40 8.64 56.70 0 ◆ 0 0 ◆ from the previous year to the current year. ROE % %

What is the company's cost of retained earnings? Round your answer to two decimal places.  _______ % What is its cost of new common equity? Round your answer to two decimal places. _______  %

The price of the stock of Clarkson Corporation went from P50 to P56 last year. In the following year, the dividend was raised to P2.25. However, a bear market developed toward the end of the year, and the stock price declined from P56.00 at the beginning of the year to P48.00 at the end of the year. What is the rate of return (loss) to stockholders?

The following financial information is available on the Haverty Company:Current per share market price $48.00Most recent per share dividend $3.50Expected long-term growth rate 5.0% Haverty can issue new common stock to net the company $44 per share. Determine the cost of equity raised through selling new stock using the dividend growth model approach. (Compute answer to the nearest .1%).

ok Suppose Wacken, Limited just issued a dividend of $2.52 per share on its common stock. The company paid dividends of $2.02. $2.09, $2.26, and $2.36 per share in the last four years. If the stock currently sells for $71, what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity capital using arithmetic and geometric growth rates? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Cost of equity using arithmetic growth rate Cost of equity using geometric growth rate 4.96 % 5.68 %

A company has an ROE of 12% and payouts 41% of its earnings as dividends.  It is planning to pay a $3.02 dividend next year with a current stock price of $40. What is the company's dividend growth rate? Express your answer as a percentage and round to two decimals.

Your company had net income of $82,500 for the year just ended.  Dividends of $35,250 were paid on the company's beginning equity of $907,500.  If the company has 62,000 common shares outstanding with a current market price of $7.50 per share, what is the required rate of return on the shares assuming a constant sustainable growth rate of dividends? Options 13.18% 13.51% 13.84% 14.17% 14.50%

A company has reported noncontrolling interests in the latest financial reports, as follows: Net income attributable to NCI Noncontrolling interest in shareholders' equity 772.0 11,556.0 Dividends paid on noncontrolling interests in the CFS 193.0 If net income attributable to NCI grows by 8.0% and the NCI dividend pay-out ratio is 16.0% then what will be reported, in the next balance sheet, for NCI? Select one: 12,196.8 12,123.0 12,256.4 12,135.0

If Big Amp, Inc. stock closed at OMR36 and the current quarterly dividend is OMRO.75 per share, what dividend yield would be reported for the stock in The Wall Street JournalR

Find the average annual growth rate of the dividends for each firm listed in the following table: What is the average annual growth rate of the dividends paid by Loewen? % (Round to two decimal places.) Data table ... (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Dividend Payment per Year Firm 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Loewen $1.02 $1.06 $1.10 $1.21 $1.27 $1.32 Morse $1.12 $0.80 $0.90 $1.30 $1.25 $1.45 Huddleston $1.25 $2.25 $3.70 $3.75 $3.90 $5.00 Meyer $2.40 $2.00 $2.10 $2.74 $2.80 $2.96 Print Done - ☑