Perry, Inc., paid a dividend of $2.50 yesterday. You are interested in investing in this company, which has forecasted a constant growth rate of 6.0 percent for its dividends, forever. The required rate of return is 20.0 percent Compute the expected dividends D1, D2, D3, and D4 Compute the present value of these four dividends. What is the expected value of the stock four years from now (P4)?

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Perry, Inc., paid a dividend of $2.50 yesterday. You are interested in investing in this company, which has forecasted a constant growth rate of 6.0 percent for its dividends, forever. The required rate of return is 20.0 percent

Compute the expected dividends D1, D2, D3, and D4
Compute the present value of these four dividends.
What is the expected value of the stock four years from now (P4)?
What is the value of the stock today based on the answers to parts b. and c.?
Use the equation for the constant rate to compute the price of the stock today

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