Exam 7: Valuing Stocks

Herring Fisheries plans to pay $0.65 per share in dividends in the coming year.If its equity cost of capital is 11%,and dividends are expected to grow by 2.5% per year in the future,what is the value of Herring's stock?

You expect that Bean Enterprises will have earnings per share of $2 for the coming year.Bean plans to retain all of its earnings for the next three years.For the subsequent two years,the firm plans on retaining 50% of its earnings.It will then retain only 25% of its earnings from that point forward.Retained earnings will be invested in projects with an expected return of 20% per year.If Bean's equity cost of capital is 12%,then the price of a share of Bean's stock is closest to:

Cook Pharmaceuticals plans to pay $1.55 per share in dividends in the coming year.If its equity cost of capital is 8%,and dividends are expected to grow by 3% per year in the future,what is the value of Cook's stock?

Maple Corporation is expected to pay an annual dividend of $0.45 per share in the coming year,and to trade for $12.50 at the end of the year.If investments with the same risk as Maple's stock have an expected return of 6.95%,what is Maple's dividend yield?

You expect KT industries (KTI)will have earnings per share of $3 this year and expect that they will pay out $1.50 of these earnings to shareholders in the form of a dividend.KTI's return on new investments is 15% and their equity cost of capital is 12%.The value of a share of KTI's stock is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Gonzales Corporation generated free cash flow of $88 million this year. For the next two years, the company's free cash flow is expected to grow at a rate of 8%. After that time, the company's free cash flow is expected to level off to the industry long-term growth rate of 4% per year. Suppose the weighted average cost of capital is 10% and Gonzales Corporation has cash of $100 million, debt of $300 million, and 100 million shares outstanding. -What is Gonzales Corporation's expected terminal enterprise value in year 2?

Roswell Inc.is expected to pay an annual dividend of $0.66 per share in the coming year,and to trade for $9.25 at the end of the year.If investments with the same risk as Roswell's stock have an expected return of 11%,what is Roswell's capital gain rate?

A stock is expected to pay $1.25 per share every year indefinitely and the equity cost of capital for the company is 7.5%.What price would an investor be expected to pay per share ten years in the future?

Credenza Industries is expected to pay a dividend of $1.20 at the end of the coming year.It is expected to sell for $62.00 at the end of the year.If its equity cost of capital is 8%,what is the expected capital gain from the sale of this stock at the end of the coming year?

What are dividend payments?

What is the difference between cumulative and non-cumulative preferred stock?

The Sisyphean Company's common stock is currently trading for $25.00 per share.The stock is expected to pay a $2.50 dividend at the end of the year and the Sisyphean Company's equity cost of capital is 14%.If the dividend payout rate is expected to remain constant,then the expected growth rate in the Sisyphean Company's earnings is closest to:

Can the dividend-discount model handle negative growth rates?

Adelaide Industries expects to have earnings per share of $3.20 in the coming year.Adelaide has a return on new investment of 11%.If the firm's dividend payout rate is 60%,and its equity cost of capital is 8%,what is the value of Adelaide's stock?

Individual investors who grow up and live during a time of high stock returns are more likely to invest in stocks.

Gremlin Industries will pay a dividend of $1.80 per share at the end of 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 $22.40 per share.What is Gremlin's equity cost of capital?

Luther Industries has a dividend yield of 4.5% and and a cost of equity capital of 12%.Luther Industries' dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate indefinitely.The growth rate of Luther's dividends is closest to:

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

Midwest Corporation is expected to pay an annual dividend of $0.45 per share in the coming year,and to trade for $31.10 at the end of the year.If investments with the same risk as Midwest's stock have an expected return of 8.5%,what is the most you would pay today for Midwest's stock?

Coolibah Holdings is expected to pay dividends of $1.20 every six months for the next three years.If the current price of Coolibah stock is $22.40,and Coolibah's equity cost of capital is 16%,what price would you expect Coolibah's stock to sell for at the end of three years?