Tom Teller, Inc.'s stock has had the following annual returns over the past 5 years: +14.2%; -9.8%. +32.6%, -19.8%, and +27.9%. Using the proper method for calculating investment returns, what is the 5-year return on Meridian Manufacturing's stock?

Gee-Gee common stock returned a nifty 21.77 percent rate of return last year. The dividend amount was $1.96 a share which equated to a dividend yield of 2.05 percent. What was the rate of price appreciation for the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Suppose a company just paid dividnd of $2.19.The dividend is expected to grow at 5.99% each year. If the stock is currently selling for $102.09, what is the requird rate of return o the stock?

The following spreadsheet contains monthly returns for Cola Co. and Gas Co. for 2013. Using these data, estimate the average monthly return and the volatility for each stock. (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Month January February March April May June July August September October November The average monthly return for Cola Co. is%. (Round to two decimal places.) Cola Co. -7.10% -2.10% -3.80% -4.10% 1.50% 1.20% -21.10% - 14.50% - 28.80% 22.90% -13.40% Gas Co. -8.10% -2.00% -2.60% -5.00% -4.70% -3.20% 6.70% -8.50% - 12.60% 16.50% -6.10%

A stock is selling today for $50 per share. At the end of the year, it pays a dividend of $3 per share and sells for $59.   Required: a. What is the total rate of return on the stock? b. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain? c. Now suppose the year-end stock price after the dividend is paid is $44. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain in this case?

If you look at stock prices over any year, you will find a high and low stock price for the year. Instead of a single benchmark PE ratio, we now have a high and low PE ratio for each year. We can use these ratios to calculate a high and a low stock price for the next year. Suppose we have the following information on a particular company: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 High $87.93 $100.35 $121.89 $133.60 Low price 69.85 83.19 79.99 110.18 EPS 6.54 8.96 8.62 10.21 Earnings are expected to grow at 5.5 percent over the next year. a. What is the high target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the low target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. High target price b. Low target price price

Suppose that during a 12 year period, a corporation's stock has a 2:1 split. By what percent would the price per share have to decrease in order for the rate of return during this period to be -7.7% ?  ,

Last year, Rec Room Sports reported earnings per share of $8.50 when its stock price was $212.50.This year, its earnings increased by 20 percent. If the P/E ratio remains constant, what is likely tobe the price of the stock? Explain

Last year, Big W Company reported earnings per share of $2.50 when its stock was selling for$50.00. If its earnings this year increase by 10 percent and the P/E ratio remains constant, whatwill be the price of its stock? Explain.

A stock had returns of 8%, 14%, and 2% for the past three years. Based on these returns, what is the probability that this stock will earn at least 20% in any one given year? A) 0.5% B) 1.0% C)3% D) 5.0% E) 16.0%