Sidman Products's common stock currently sells for $64 a share. The firm is expected to earn $7.04 per share this year and to pay a year-end dividend of $3.80, and it finances only with common equity. a. If investors require an 11% return, what is the expected growth rate? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % b. If Sidman reinvests retained earnings in projects whose average return is equal to the stock's expected rate of return, what will be next year's EPS? (Hint: g = (1- Payout ratio)ROE). Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent. per share

Banco Tech is an early stage financial technology firm. Earnings this year where $20 per share and are expected to grow at 20% per year for the next three years. Banco does not plan to pay a dividend until three years time, when the payout ratio will be 43%. Dividends are expected to grow at 6% thereafter. The required rate of return is 9%. Calculated intrinsic value.

Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY) currently no pays dividend but its new management will pay a dividend at the end of Year 4. Year 4 earnings are expected to be $2.97, and AUY will maintain a payout ratio of 47%. With an assumption that AUY’s constant growth rate is 3.42%, and a required rate of return of 7.17%, the present value of AUY is closest to   A. $30.24. B. $49.71. C. $70.92. D. $91.86.

Holt Enterprises recently paid a dividend, D0, of $1.75. It expects to have nonconstant growth of 18% for 2 years followed by a constant rate of 8% thereafter. The firm's required return is 18%. What is the firm's horizon, or continuing, value? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent

The FI Corporation’s dividends per share are expected to grow indefinitely by 8% per year. Required: If this year’s year-end dividend is $3.00 and the market capitalization rate is 10% per year, what must the current stock price be according to the DDM? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. If the expected earnings per share are $9.00, what is the implied value of the ROE on future investment opportunities? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. How much is the market paying per share for growth opportunities (i.e., for an ROE on future investments that exceeds the market capitalization rate)? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

DFB, Inc. expects earnings next year of $4.29 per share, and it plans to pay a $2.78 dividend to shareholders (assume that is one year from now). DFB will retain $1.51 per share of its earnings to reinvest in new projects that have an expected return of 14.3% per year. Suppose DFB will maintain the same dividend payout rate, retention rate, and return on new investments in the future and will not change its number of outstanding shares. Assume next dividend is due in one year. a. What growth rate of earnings would you forecast for DFB? b. If DFB's equity cost of capital is 11.7%, what price would you estimate for DFB stock today? c. Suppose instead that DFB paid a dividend of $3.78 per share at the end of this year and retained only $0.51 per share in earnings. That is, it chose to pay a higher dividend instead of reinvesting in as many new projects. If DFB maintains this higher payout rate in the future, what stock price would you estimate for the firm now? Should DFB raise its…

The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Callahan Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 5% per year. Callahan's common stock currently sells for $21.25 per share; its last dividend was $1.80; and it will pay a $1.89 dividend at the end of the current year. Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   % If the firm's beta is 0.7, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the average return on the market is 14%, what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? Round your answer to two decimal places.   % If the firm's bonds earn a return of 13%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be rs? Use the judgmental risk premium of 4% in your calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   % If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of Callahan's cost of common equity? Do not…

DFB, Inc. expects earnings next year of $5.00 per share, and it plans to pay a $3.00 dividend to shareholders (assume that is one year from now). DFB will retain $2.00 per share of its earnings to reinvest in new projects that have an expected return of 15.0% per year. Suppose DFB will maintain the same dividend payout rate, retention rate, and return on new investments in the future and will not change its number of outstanding shares. Assume next dividend is due in one year. a. What growth rate of earnings would you forecast for DFB? b. If DFB's equity cost of capital is 12.0%, what price would you estimate for DFB stock today? c. Suppose instead that DFB paid a dividend of $4.00 per share at the end of this year and retained only $1.00 per share in earnings. That is, it chose to pay a higher dividend instead of reinvesting in as many new projects. If DFB maintains this higher payout rate in the future, what stock price would you estimate for the firm now? Should DFB raise its…

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Franklin Corporation is expected to pay a dividend of $1.24 per share at the end of the year (D1 = $1.24). The stock sells for $32.40 per share, and its required rate of return is 7.2%. The dividend is expected to grow at some constant rate, g, forever. What is the equilibrium expected growth rate? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Please work out the problem do not use excel.