Exam 7: Stock Valuation

A stock is expected to pay $0.70 per share every year indefinitely. If the current price of the stock is $18.90, and the equity cost of capital for the company that released the shares is 7.9%, what price would an investor be expected to pay per share five years into the future?

Can the dividend-discount model handle negative growth rates?

Valence Electronics has 213 million shares outstanding. It expects earnings at the end of the year of $800 million. Valence pays out 40% of its earnings in total-15% paid out as dividends and 25% used to repurchase shares. If Valence's earnings are expected to grow by 7% per year, these payout rates do not change, and Valence's equity cost of capital is 9%, what is Valence's share price?

Aaron Inc. has 321 million shares outstanding. It expects earnings at the end of the year to be $641 million. The firm's equity cost of capital is 11%. Aaron pays out 50% of its earnings in total: 30% paid out as dividends and 20% used to repurchase shares. If Aaron's earnings are expected to grow at a constant 7% per year, what is Aaron's share price?

Chittenden Enterprises has 643 million shares outstanding. It expects earnings at the end of the year to be $960 million. The firm's equity cost of capital is 9%. Chittenden pays out 30% of its earnings in total: 20% paid out as dividends and 10% used to repurchase shares. If Chittenden's earnings are expected to grow at a constant 3% per year, what is Chittenden's share price?

Use the figure for the question(s)below. -The above screen shot from Google Finance shows the basic stock information for Logitech International SA (USA). What is Logitech International SA (USA)'s ticker symbol?

Which of the following is a limitation of the dividend-discount model?

Which of the following models directly values all of the firm's equity, rather than a single share? I. Dividend-discount model II. Total payout model III. Discounted cash flow model

The ownership in a corporation is divided into shares of stock, which carry rights to a share in the profits of the firm through future dividend payments.

Assuming everything else remains unchanged, how does a firm's decision to increase its dividend-payout ratio affect its growth rate?

A firm can either pay its earnings to its investors, or it can keep them and reinvest them.

NoGrowth Industries presently pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and it is expected that these dividend payments will continue indefinitely. If NoGrowth's equity cost of capital is 10%, then the value of a share of NoGrowth's stock is closest to ________.

Kirkevue Industries pays out all its earnings as dividends and has a share price of $27. In order to expand, Kirkevue announces it will cut its dividend payments from $2.15 to $1.75 per share and reinvest the retained funds. What is the growth rate that should be achieved on the reinvested funds to keep the equity cost of capital unchanged?

Gremlin Industries will pay a dividend of $1.90 per share this year. It is expected that this dividend will grow by 4% per year each year in the future. The current price of Gremlin's stock is $23.50 per share. What is Gremlin's equity cost of capital?

Credenza Industries is expected to pay a dividend of $1.70 at the end of the coming year. It is expected to sell for $62 at the end of the year. If its equity cost of capital is 9%, what is the expected capital gain from the sale of this stock at the end of the coming year?

Matilda Industries pays a dividend of $2.10 per share and is expected to pay this amount indefinitely. If Matilda's equity cost of capital is 9%, which of the following would be closest to Matilda's stock price?

Jumbo Transport, an air-cargo company, expects to have earnings per share of $2.00 in the coming year. It decides to retain 10% of these earnings in order to lease new aircraft. The return on this investment will be 25%. If its equity cost of capital is 11%, what is the expected share price of Jumbo Transport?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

You expect KT industries (KTI)will have earnings per share of $5 this year and expect that they will pay out $2.50 of these earnings to shareholders in the form of a dividend. KTI's return on new investments is 14% and their equity cost of capital is 11%. The value of a share of KTI's stock today is closest to ________.

The Busby Corporation had a share price at the start of the year of $26.10, paid a dividend of $0.59 at the end of the year, and had a share price of $29.50 at the end of the year. Which of the following is closest to the rate of return of investments in companies with equal risk to The Busby Corporation for this period?