If ROE > rS, then a company will increase shareholder value (stock price will go up) when retaining earnings and reinvesting them within the company. Assume a firm has ROE = 20% and rS = 15%. Next period's earnings (E1) will be $8 per share. Calculate the share price if the firm retains 25% of its earnings (and pays out 75% as a dividend). Calculate the share price if the firm retains 50% of its earnings (and pays out 50% as a dividend). What is the difference in price? A.) $7.50 B.) $2 C.) $11.25 D.) $20 E.) $15

Anle Corporation has a current stock price of $21.99 and is expected to pay a dividend of $1.00 in one year. Its expected stock price right after paying that dividend is $23.92. a. What is Anle's equity cost of capital? b. How much of Anle's equity cost of capital is expected to be satisfied by dividend yield and how much by capital gain? a. What is Anle's equity cost of capital? Anle's equity cost of capital is ☐ %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Maynard Steel plans to pay a dividend of $2.82 this year. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 3.9% per year and an equity cost of capital of 9.5%. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. b. Suppose Maynard decides to pay a dividend of $0.95 this year and use the remaining $1.87 per share to repurchase shares. If Maynard's total payout rate remains constant, estimate Maynard's share price. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. Maynard's share price will be $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

Maynard Steel plans to pay a dividend of $3.18 this year. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 4.5% per year and an equity cost of capital of 10.8%. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. b. Suppose Maynard decides to pay a dividend of $1.08 this year and use the remaining $2.10 per share to repurchase shares. If Maynard's total payout rate remains constant, estimate Maynard's share price. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. Maynard's share price will be $. (Round to the nearest cent.)

REH​ Corporation's most recent dividend was $2.82 per​ share, its expected annual rate of dividend growth is 5​%, and the required return is now 15​%. A variety of proposals are being considered by management to redirect the​ firm's activities. Determine the impact on share price for each of the following proposed actions.   a.  Do​ nothing, which will leave the key financial variables unchanged. b.  Invest in a new machine that will increase the dividend growth rate to 8​% and lower the required return to 13​%. c.  Eliminate an unprofitable product​ line, which will increase the dividend growth rate to 9​% and raise the required return to 17%. d.  Merge with another​ firm, which will reduce the growth rate to 2​% and raise the required return to 18​%. e. Acquire a subsidiary operation from another manufacturer. The acquisition should increase the dividend growth rate to 9% and increase the required return to 17​%.

Growth Company's current share price is $20.10 and it is expected to pay a $0.95 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4.5% per year. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $2.00 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.15, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6.2%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.3%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 4.9 million common shares outstanding and 1.2 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.1 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $20.2 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e.…

NoGrowth Corporation currently pays a dividend of $1.72 per​ year, and it will continue to pay this dividend forever. What is the price per share if its equity cost of capital is 12% per​ year?

BBB plc plans to pay a dividend next year of 41.2p per share and has a cost of equity of 9% per year. BBB plc has a dividend payout ratio of 50% and its EPS (earnings per share) is 80p. What is the ex-div share price of the company?