Melissa Cutt is thinking about buying some shares of EZLawn Equipment, at
$ 48.44
per share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to
$ 55.62
over the next
3
years. During that time she also expects to receive annual dividends of
$4.44
per share.a. What is the intrinsic worth of this stock, given a required rate of return of
11 %?
b. What is its expected return?
a. The intrinsic worth of this stock is
$nothing.
(Round to the nearest cent.)b. The expected return is
nothing%.
(Round to one decimal place.)
Answer (a)
Intrinsic Value = Dividend/Rate of Return _ _ _ _ _ _(using perpetuity Formula)
= 4.44/ .11
= $ 40.36
Intrinsic Value is $ 40.36
Answer (b)
Expected Return = {(Selling Price - Purchase purchase + Dividend) / Purchase Price} *100
= {{55.62 - 48.44 + (4.44*3)}/ 48.44} *100
= 42.32%
Stock gives a 42.32% return in 3 years.
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