General Importers announced that it will pay a dividend of $3.85 per share one year from today. After that, the company expects a slowdown in its business and will not pay a dividend for the next 5 years. Then, 7 years from today, the company will begin paying an annual dividend of $1.95 forever. The required return is 11.8 percent. What is the price of the stock today

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Answer:

The right response is "$11.91".

Explanation:

Dividend

= $3.85 per share

Required return

= 11.8%

Annual dividend

= 1.95

Now,

The price of share at the beginning of year 7 will be:

=  [tex]\frac{Annual \ dividend}{Required \ return}[/tex]

On substituting the values, we get

=  [tex]\frac{1.95}{11.8 \ percent}[/tex]

=  [tex]16.53[/tex] ($)

So,

The price of the stock today will be:

=  [tex]Present \ value \ of \ all \ future \ dividend[/tex]

=  [tex]3.85\times 0.894+16.53\times 0.512[/tex]

=  [tex]3.4419+8.46336[/tex]

=  [tex]11.91[/tex] ($)