(Common stock valuation) The common stock of NCP paid $1.26 in dividends last year. Dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 4.90 percent for an indefinite number of years. a. If your required rate of return is 7.80 percent, what is the value of the stock for you? b. Should you make the investment? a. If your required rate of return is 7.80 percent, the value of the stock for you is $ (Round to the nearest cent) (Measuring growth) Green Gadgets Inc. is trying to decide whether to cut its expected dividend for next year from $6 per share to $3 per share in order to have more money to invest in new projects. If it does not cut the dividend. Green Gadgets' expected rate of growth in dividends is 5 percent per year and the price of their common stock will be $110 per share. However, if it cuts its dividend, the dividend-growth rate is expected to rise to 8 percent in the future. Assuming that the investor's required rate of return for Green Gadgets' stock does not change, what would you expect to happen to the price of its common stock if it cuts the dividend to $3? Should Green Gadgets cut its dividend? Support your answer as best you can. a. What is the investor's required rate of return for Green Gadgets' stock? % (Round to two decimal places.) (Common stock valuation) Dubai Metro's stock price was at $100 per share when it announced that it will cut its dividend for next year from $10 per share to $6 per share, with additional funds used for expansion. Prior to the dividend cut, Dubai Metro expected its dividends to grow at a 4 percent rate, but with the expansion, dividends are now expected to grow at 7 percent. How do you think the announcement will affect Dubai Metro's stock price? a. What is the investor's required rate of return for Dubai Metro's stock? % (Round to two decimal places.)