You own shares of Old World DVD Company and are interested in selling them. With so many people downloading music these days, sales, profits, and dividends at Old World have been declining 7 percent per year. The firm just paid a dividend of $2.10 per share. The required rate of return for a stock this risky is 13 percent. If dividends are expected to decline at 7 percent per year, what is a share of the stock worth today? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) Worth of share of stock

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a youngstart-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine yearsbecause the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a$17 per share dividend 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 3.9 percentper year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 12.5 percent, what is the currentshare price?

Gentleman Gym just paid its annual dividend of $2.5 per share, and it is widely expected that the dividend will increase by 4 percent per year indefinitely. What price should the stock sell at? Assume the discount rate is 20 percent. How would your answer change if the discount rate were only 15 percent? Why does the answer change?

Storico Company just paid a dividend of $2.10 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 5 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. If the stock price is $41.71, what required return must investors be demanding on the company's stock? (Hint: Set up the valuation formula with all the relevant cash flows, and use trial and error to find the unknown rate of return.)

Metallica Bearings, Incorporated, is a young startup company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next 8 years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will then pay a dividend of $14.00 per share 9 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5.75 percent per year, thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 13.75 percent, what is the current share price? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Current share price

Storico Co. just paid a dividend of $1.50 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 5 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. If the stock price is $24.94, what required return must investors be demanding on Storico stock? (Hint: Set up the valuation formula with all the relevant cash flows, and use trial and error to find the unknown rate of return.)

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next 10 years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will then pay a dividend of $13.50 per share 11 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5.25 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 13.25 percent, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Current share price

One year ago, Barkley's stock sold for $28 a share. During last year, Barkley's paid $1.23 per share in dividends and saw its stock price increase by 7 percent for the year. Today, the firm announced that it will pay $1.30 per share in dividends this year. What do you know with certainty about the performance of Barkley's stock for this year? Multiple Choice The capital gains yield will be positive. The dividend yield for this year will be lower than it was last year. The total rate of return will be lower this year than it was last year. The total rate of return will be higher this year than it was last year. The dividend yield for this year will be higher than it was last year.

Southern Power just paid an annual dividend of $7.1 per share. Because of increasing competition from home solar installations, the dividend is expected to shrink by 3% per year. The required rate of return is 8%. What is the value of the stock?

Metallica Bearings, Incorporated, is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $12 per share 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 6 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 11 percent, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Current share price