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Transcribed Image Text:Prescott Pharmaceuticals will pay an annual dividend of $0.88 one year from now at t=1. Analysts expect
this dividend to grow at 18.5% per year thereafter until the end of year 21. Dividends are then expected to
be stable until t=31. Afterwards, dividends decline at a rate of 4.4% annually (the dividend at t=32 is 4.4%
smaller than the payment at t=31) and are paid in perpetuity.
a) According to the dividend-discount model, what is the value of a Prescott Pharmaceuticals share if the
firm's cost of equity capital is 15.0%?.
The value of per share is $
(Round your answer to the nearest cent)
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