Question

You've collected the following information from your favorite financial website, 52-Week Price Yld PE Close Net Stock (Div) % Ratio Price Chg 77.40 10.43 Palm Coal 36 2.6 6 13.90 -24 55.81 33.42 Lake Lead Grp 1.54 3.8 10 40.43 -01 130.93 69.50 SIR 2.00 2.2 10 88.97 3.07 50.24 13.95 DR Dime .80 5.2 6 15.43 - 26 36.40 20.88 Candy Galore 0.46 1.5 28 ?? 18 Hi Lo a. Using the dividend yield, calculate the closing price for Candy Galore on this day. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Assume the actual closing price for Candy Galore was $30.36. Your research projects a 5 percent dividend growth rate for Candy Galore. What is the required return for the stock using the dividend discount model and the actual stock price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Stock price b. Required return

Answer 1

a. Dividend yield = Dividend / Stock price

0.015 = $0.46 / Stock price

Stock price = $0.46/0.015

Stock price = $30.67

b. Required return = (D₁/ P₀) + g

Required return = [$0.46(1 + 0.05) / $30.36] + 0.05

Required return = 0.0659 or 6.59%