The Meddle Group paid a dividend of $7.00 last year. The company plans to keep the dividend of $7.00 constant forever. If investors require a return of 10.7 percent on the company's stock. What is the stock price?

You originally purchased Hershey stock at $161. It paid a dividend of $3.00 in the last year. Currently, the stock is selling for $156 per share. What is your total return if you sell the stock today?

You are trying to decide whether to invest in a "value" stock (Hawaii Utility Co.) or a "growth" stock (HI Tech Co.). Hawaii Utility Co. currently pays a dividend of $5 per share per year, and you expect that dividend to grow by 1% per year forever (e.g., $5.05 next year). Its price is $125. HI Tech Co. currently pays a dividend of just $1 per share per year, but you expect its dividend to grow 4%6 per year forever. The price of HI Tech Co is also $125. Given your expectations, is one company a better deal than the other? Explain why or why not? (Hint; figure out the discount rate you would need to rationalize each price using the present value rules that we went over in class).

New Gadgets, Incorporated, currently pays no dividend but is expected to pay its first annual dividend of $4.90 per share exactly 7 years from today. After that, the dividends are expected to grow at 3.5 percent forever. If the required return is 11.3 percent, what is the price of the stock today?