Growth Opportunities Shane, Inc., has earnings of $10 million and is projected to grow at a constant rate of 5 percent forever because of the benefits gained from the learning curve.

Currently all earnings are paid out as dividends. The company plans to launch a new project two years from now that would be completely internally funded and require 20 percent of the earnings that year. The project would start generating revenues one year after the launch of the project, and the earnings from the new project in any year are estimated to be constant at $5 million. The company has 10 million shares of stock outstanding. Estimate the value of Shane stock. The discount rate is 10 percent. LO.1