4. Deployment Specialists pays a current (annual) dividend of $1 and is expected to grow at 20% for two years and then at 4% thereafter. If the required return for Deployment Specialists is 8.5%, what is the intrinsic value of Deployment Specialists stock? (LO 13-2)

5. Jand, Inc., currently pays a dividend of $1.22, which is expected to grow indefinitely at 5%. If the current value of Jand's shares based on the constant-growth dividend discount model is $32.03, what is the required rate of return? (LO 13-2)

6. A firm pays a current dividend of $1, which is expected to grow at a rate of 5% indefi-nitely. If the current value of the firm's shares is $35, what is the required return applicable to the investment based on the constant-growth dividend discount model (DDM)? (LO 13-2)

7. Tri-coat Paints has a current market value of $41 per share with earnings of $3.64. What is the present value of its growth opportunities (PVGO) if the required return is 9%?

9. The market capitalization rate for Admiral Motors Company is 8%. Its expected ROE is 10% and its expected EPS is $5. If the firm's plowback ratio is 60%, what will be its P/E ratio? (LO 13-2)

10. Miltmar Corporation will pay a year-end dividend of $4, and dividends thereafter are expected to grow at the constant rate of 4% per year. The risk-free rate is 4%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 12%. The stock has a beta of .75. What is the intrinsic value of the stock? (LO 13-2)

11. Sisters Corp expects to earn $6 per share next year. The firm's ROE is 15% and its plowback ratio is 60%. If the firm's market capitalization rate is 10%, what is the present value of its growth opportunities?

13. FinCorp's free cash flow to the firm is reported as $205 million. The firm's interest expense is $22 million. Assume the tax rate is 35% and the net debt of the firm increases by $3 million. What is the market value of equity if the FCFE is projected to grow at 3% indefinitely and the cost of equity is 12%? (LO 13-4)

14. A common stock pays an annual dividend per share of $2.10. The risk-free rate is 7% and the risk premium for this stock is 4%. If the annual dividend is expected to remain at $2.10, what is the value of the stock?

18. Even Better Products has come out with a new and improved product. As a result, the firm projects an ROE of 20%, and it will maintain a plowback ratio of .30. Its earnings this year will be $2 per share. Investors expect a 12% rate of return on the stock. (LO 13-3)

a. At what price and P/E ratio would you expect the firm to sell?

b. What is the present value of growth opportunities?

c. What would be the P/E ratio and the present value of growth opportunities if the firm planned to reinvest only 20% of its earnings?

19.

a. MF Corp. has an ROE of 16% and a plowback ratio of 50%. If the coming year's earnings are expected to be $2 per share, at what price will the stock sell? The market capitalization rate is 12%.

b. What price do you expect MF shares to sell for in three years? (LO 13-2)

20. The market consensus is that Analog Electronic Corporation has an ROE=9% and a beta of 1.25. It plans to maintain indefinitely its traditional plowback ratio of 2/3. This year's earnings were $3 per share. The annual dividend was just paid. The consensus estimate of the coming year's market return is 14%, and T-bills currently offer a 6% return. (LO 13-3)

a. Find the price at which Analog stock should sell.

b. Calculate the P/E ratio.

c. Calculate the present value of growth opportunities.

d. Suppose your research convinces you Analog will announce momentarily that it will immediately reduce its plowback ratio to 1/3. Find the intrinsic value of the stock.

e. The market is still unaware of this decision. Explain why V0 no longer equals P0 and why V0 is greater or less than P0.