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Subject: Financial Analysis
Category: Business and Money > Finance
Asked by: grant53-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 29 Jul 2006 12:46 PDT
Expires: 28 Aug 2006 12:46 PDT
Question ID: 750679
Constant-Growth Model. Here are data on two stocks, both of which have
discount rates of 15 percent:
 	               Stock A	Stock B
Return on equity	15%	10%
Earnings per share	$2.00	$1.50
Dividends per share	$1.00	$1.00
A.	What are the dividend payout ratios for each firm? 
B.	What are the expected dividend growth rates for each firm? 
C.	What is the proper stock price for each firm?
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Subject: Re: Financial Analysis
Answered By: elmarto-ga on 30 Jul 2006 16:46 PDT
 
a. The dividend payout ratio is calculated as:
(Dividends per Share) / (Earnings per Share)

Thus, for firm A, this ratio is 1/2 = 50%. For firm B, the ratio is 1/1.5 = 66.66%

b. The expected dividend growth rate is calculated using the following formula:
Dividend Growth Rate = (Retention Ratio)*(Return on Equity)

The Retention Ratio is simple one minus the dividend payout ratio. So
the retention ratio is 50% for firm A and 33.33% for firm B.
Therefore, their growth rates will be:

Dividend Growth for Firm A = 0.5*0.15 = 0.075   (annual 7.5%)
Dividend Growth for Firm B = 0.3333*0.1 = 0.03333?  (annual 3.33%)

c. Here we use the constant dividend growth pricing model. The formula is:

Price = (Next Dividend) / (Discount Rate - Growth Rate).

Notice that both firms currently pay $1 per share. Let?s assume that
this dividend was paid yesterday for both firms. Thus the next
dividend for firm A will be 1.075, and for firm B it will be 1.0333.
Therefore, using the given formula  and bearing in mind that the
discount rate is 15% for both firms, we get:

Price(Firm A) = 1.075/(0.15 - 0.075) = $14.33
Price(Firm A) = 1.0333/(0.15 - 0.0333) = $8.85


Additional Resources:
Dividend Discount Model
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental/04/041404.asp


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I hope this helps! If you have any doubt regarding my answer, please
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Best wishes!
elmarto
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