Consider four different stocks, all of which have a required return of 12 percent and a most
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Consider four different stocks, all of which have a required return of 12 percent and a most recent dividend of $3.45 per share. Stocks W, X, and Y are expected to maintain constant growth rates in dividends for the foreseeable future of 10 percent, 0 percent, and −5 percent per year, respectively. Stock Z is a growth stock that will increase its dividend by 20 percent for the next two years and then maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate thereafter. What is the dividend yield for each of these four stocks? What is the expected capital gains yield? Discuss the relationship among the various returns that you find for each of these stocks.
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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9781265553609
13th Edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan