Chapter 4: 18BP (page 283)
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Question:Beasley Ball Bearings paid a \(4 dividend last year. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 2 percent over the next four years. The required rate of return is 15 percent (this will also serve as the discount rate in this problem). Round all values to three places to the right of the decimal point where appropriate.
a. Compute the anticipated value of the dividends for the next four years. That is, compute D1, D2, D3, and D4; for example, D1 is \)4.08 (\(4 3 1.02).
b. Discount each of these dividends back to present at a discount rate of 15 percent and then sum them.
c. Compute the price of the stock at the end of the fourth year (P4). P4 5 D5 ______ Ke 2 g (D5 is equal to D4 times 1.02.)
d. After you have computed P4, discount it back to the present at a discount rate of 15 percent for four years.
e. Add together the answers in part b and part d to get P0, the current value of the stock. This answer represents the present value of the four periods ofdividends, plus the present value of the price of the stock after four periods (which in turn represents the value of all future dividends).
f. Use Formula 10-8 to show that it will provide approximately the same answer as part e. P0 5 D1 ______ Ke 2 g For Formula 10-8, use D1 5 \)4.08, Ke 5 15 percent, and g 5 2 percent. (The slight difference between the answers to part e and part f is due to rounding.)
g. If current EPS were equal to $4.98 and the P/E ratio is 1.2 times higher than the industry average of 6, what would the stock price be?
h. By what dollar amount is the stock price in part g different from the stock price in part f?
i. In regard to the stock price in part f, indicate which direction it would move if (1) D1 increases, (2) Ke increases, and (3) g increases
Question:Ecology Labs Inc. will pay a dividend of \(6.40 per share in the next 12 months (D1). The required rate of return (Ke) is 14 percent and the constant growth rate is 5 percent.
a. Compute P0. (For parts b, c, and d in this problem, all variables remain the same except the one specifically changed. Each question is independent of the others.)
b. Assume Ke, the required rate of return, goes up to 18 percent. What will be the new value of P0?
c. Assume the growth rate (g) goes up to 9 percent. What will be the new value of P0? Ke goes back to its original value of 14 percent.
d. Assume D1 is \)7.00. What will be the new value of P0? Assume Ke is at its original value of 14 percent and g goes back to its original value of 5 percent.
Les Moore retired as president of Goodman Snack Foods Company but is currently on a consulting contract for $35,000 per year for the next 10 years. a. If Mr. Moore’s opportunity cost (potential return) is 10 percent, what is the present value of his consulting contract? b. Assuming Mr. Moore will not retire for two more years and will not start to receive his 10 payments until the end of the third year, what would be the value of his deferred annuity?
If your uncle borrows $60,000 from the bank at 10 percent interest over the seven-year life of the loan, what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest (round to the nearest dollar)? How much of his first payment will be applied to interest? To principal? How much of his second payment will be applied to each?
Question: Beverly Hills started a paper route on January 1. Every three months, she deposits $550 in her bank account, which earns 8 percent annually but is compounded quarterly. Four years later, she used the entire balance in her bank account to invest in an investment at 7 percent annually. How much will she have after three more years?
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