Question

Majestic Homes' stock traditionally provides an 7% rate of return. The company just paid a $2 a year dividend which is expected to increase by 4% per year. If you are planning on buying 1,000 shares of this stock next year, how much should you expect to pay per share if the market rate of return for this type of security is 8% at the time of your purchase?

Answer 1

$52

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided as per the question

Recent dividend = $2

Market rate of return = 8%

Growth Rate = 4%

(Its expected to increase so it will be (1 + 4%) = 1.4%

The computation of price is shown below:-

Price = Recent dividend × (1 + Growth rate ) ÷ (Cost of equity - Growth rate)

= ($2 × 1.04) ÷ (0.08 - 0.04)

= $2.08 ÷ 0.04

= $52