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UN Question 6 of 10 > -/3 View Policies Current Attempt in Progress Crane Corp.pold a dividend of $2.60 yesterday. The company's dividend is expected to grow at a steady rate of 5 percent for the foreseeable future. If investors in stocks of companies like Crane require a rate of return of 20 percent, what should be the market price of Crane stock? (Round dividend to 3 decimal places. 4.3.3.756 and round final answer to 2 decimal places, eg. 15.25.)

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Okay, here are the steps to solve this problem:

1) Crane Corp paid a dividend of $2.60 yesterday.

2) The dividend is expected to grow at a steady rate of 5% per year.

3) So the dividend next year will be $2.60 * 1.05 = $2.73

4) The year after that, the dividend will be $2.73 * 1.05 = $2.87

5) Investors require a 20% rate of return.

6) So the dividend amount needs to generate a 20% return.

7) Let's assume the market price of the stock is P.

8) Then the dividend yield is (dividend amount) / (market price)

9) To get a 20% return, the yield needs to be 0.20

10) So for a dividend of $2.73 (from step 3), the yield is ($2.73) / P = 0.20

11) Solving for P gives: P = $2.73 / 0.20 = $13.65

So the market price of Crane stock should be $13.65 (rounded to 2 decimals)

Let me know if you have any questions or need more details!

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