=+LG 4 LG 6 P7–24 Integrative: Risk and valuation Manchester Hospitality owns a range of restaurants in Yorkshire, England. It wishes to determine the value of McDermot Limited, a firm that is considering acquiring for cash. Manchester Hospitality wishes to determine the applicable discount rate to use as an input to the constant growth valuation model. McDermot’s stock is not publicly traded. After studying the required returns of firms similar to McDermot that are publicly traded, Manchester Hospitality believes that an appropriate risk premium on McDermot stock is about 10%.The risk-free rate of return is currently 4%. McDermot’s dividend per share for each of the past 5 years is shown in the following table.

Year Dividend per share 2019 £5.40 2018 4.85 2017 4.32 2016 3.85 2015 3.40