Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
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Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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current dividend per share? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your
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Transcribed Image Text:nces Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $50 per share and the required return on the stock is 10 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Mc Graw Hill C Current dividend per share © N @ W #3 E $ 4 R do LO % 5 < Prev T 6 1 of 8 & Y 7 Next > * 00 U
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Stock price (P0) = $50

Required return (r) = 0.10

Dividend yield = 0.05 (i.e. 0.10 / 2)

Capital gain yield = 0.05 (i.e. 0.10 / 2)

Growth rate will be equal to capital gain yield (g) = 0.05

Current dividend (D0) = ?

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