Dumbo Inc just paid a dividend of 270 The company expects a
Dumbo Inc. just paid a dividend of $2.70. The company expects a super growth of 6% for the first 4 years and expect to grow at a constant rate of 3% after that. IF the current Ke is 6.5%, what is the expected price of this stock today?
Answer choices are:
100.31
104.52
67.59
88.65
92.69
Solution
Current Year Dividend per share [D0] = $2.70
Dividend in Year 4 [D4] = $2.70 x [1.06]4 = $3.4087
Ke = 6.50%
g = 3%
Stock Price Today = D4 [1+g] / [Ke-g]
= [$3.4087 x 1.03] / [0.065-0.03]
= $3.5109 / 0.035
= $100.31
