$($Common stock valuation$)$ Assume the following:

the investor's required rate of return is $15$ percent,

the expected level of earnings at the end of this year $(E_1)$ is $$8,$

the retention ratio is $45$ percent,

the return on equity $($ROE$)$ is $15$ percent $($that is$,$ it can earn $15$ percent on reinvested earnings$),$ and

similar shares of stock sell at multiples of $6\mathrm{.}666$ times earnings per share.

Questions:

a$.$ Determine the expected growth rate for dividends.

b$.$ Determine the price earnings ratio $(\frac{P}{E_1}).$

c$.$ What is the stock price using the P$/$E ratio valuation method?

d$.$ What is the stock price using the dividend discount model?