Tom's Puppy Therapy (TPT) is expected to have EPS of $16.40 next year and to pay 5% of its earnings as a dividend at the end of the year (1 year from today). If TPT has a 14% equity cost of captial and you expect its share price in year 1 to be $84 after paying the dividend, what would you be willing to pay for a share of stock today?

FatEx is planning to pay dividends of $1.20, $2.60, $3.00, and $4.50 in years 1 through 4, respectively. Starting in year 5, it will pay the dividends of $3.50 a year forever. If the required return is 6%, how much is the stock worth today? answer is 55.73 , please dont use excel

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).

You intend to buy Berrymore Inc.’s common stock at $100 per share, hold it one year and sell after that. The firm paid a $5 per share dividend last year and its dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 7% for indefinite number of years. If you can sell the stock at $110, what is your expected rate of return?