If you want to value a firm that consistently pays out its earnings as dividends, the simplest model for you to use is the A) total payout method. B)valuation based on comparable firms. C) dividend-discount model. D) discounted free cash flow model.

Q . Which of the following statements is not true?a) The return on shareholders’ funds can be calculated as profit after tax /total equity x 100b) The dividend cover ratio can be calculated from the Income statement andthe statement of cash flows and the answer will be the samec) The interest cover ratio can be calculated from the income statement andthe statement of cash flows and the answer will be differentd) The operating profit margin is also called the net profit margin

Practice : a: The computation of return on average investment ignores one characteristic of the earnings stream, which is considered in discounting cash flows. What is this characteristic? Why is it important? b: What are the disadvantages of evaluating an investment using payback period? Why might a company use this methodology despite these disadvantages?

Apart from using PE ratio, what is another way of valuing the stock price? if we have the EPS, Share Price, Dividend Per Share, ROE and the discount rate (R).  And what are the assumptions and the limitations of this model? What can be said about the dividend growth model? Similarly what can be said about the capital asset pricing model?