Return on Equity Evans & Sons, Inc., disclosed the following information in a recent annual report: Net Income Average stockholders' equity Dividend per common share Earnings per share Market price per common share, year-end Net income Previous Year Current Year $94,500 1,000,000 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 $129,600 1,500,000 5.40 8.64 56.70 Did the return improve? The return on common stockholders' equity decreased Denominator ◆ Average stockholders' equity X 8x + X X from the previous year to the current year. ROE % %

The co. recently paid a $2.80 annual dividend (Do). This dividend increases at the rate of 3.8%/year. The stock price = $26.91 / share. What is the market rate of return? A. 13.88%B. 14.03 %C. 14.21 %D. 14.60 %

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Firm A’s stock’s dividend’s growth rate = 2.75% annually. Do= $1.67. The dividend 6 years from now =? A) $1.88 B) $1.92 C) $1.97       D) $2.02           E) $2.05

Estimating Stock Value Using Dividend Discount Model with Increasing Perpetuity Kellogg pays $2.28 in annual per share dividends to its common stockholders, and its recent stock price was $62.50. Assume that Kellogg’s cost of equity capital is 6.4%.   Estimate Kellogg’s expected growth rate based on its recent stock price using the dividend discount model with increasing perpetuity. Do not round until your final answer. Round answer to two decimal places (ex: 0.02345 = 2.35%). Answer%

Calculating key stock performance metrics The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $11.4 million. It has 3.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company's stock currently trades at $60 per share.   Compute the stock's earnings per share (EPS). Round the answer to two decimal places.$   per share What's the stock's P/E ratio? Round the answer to two decimal places.$   times Determine what the stock's dividend yield would be if it paid $2.82 per share to common stockholders. Round the answer to two decimal places. %

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%).

Retained earnings versus new common stock Using the data for a firm shown in the following table, calculate the cost of retained earnings and the cost of new common stock using the constant-growth valuation model. (Click on the icon here in order to copy the contents of the data table below into a spreadsheet.) Current market price per share $36.00 a. The cost of retained earnings is %. (Round to two decimal places.) Dividend growth rate 9% Projected dividend per share next year $1.08 (…) Underpricing Flotation cost per share per share $2.50 $2.00

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.

Cost of common stock equity Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. The firm's stock is currently selling for $64.13. The firm just recently paid a dividend of $3.99. The firm has been increasing dividends regularly. Five years ago, the dividend was just $3.03. After underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net $55.79 per share on a new issue. a. Determine average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years. Using that growth rate, what dividend would you expect the company to pay next year? b. Determine the net proceeds, N₁, that the firm will actually receive. c. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the required return on the company's stock, rs, which should equal the cost of retained earnings, rr. d. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock, In- C--- a. The average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years is %. (Round to two decimal places.)