Computech Corporation is expanding rapidly and currently needs to retain all of its earnings; hence, it does not pay dividends. However, investors expect Computech to begin paying dividends, beginning with a dividend of $1.50 coming 3 years from today. The dividend should grow rapidly - at a rate of 50% per year - during Years 4 and 5; but after Year 5, growth should be a constant 4% per year. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below.

Open spreadsheet

Nonconstant growth
Year 3 Dividend, D3	$1.50
Supernormal growth rate, gs	50.00%
Normal growth rate, gn	4.00%
Required return, rs	12.00%
					50.00%	50.00%	4.00%
		0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Dividends			0	0	$1.50
P5
Cash flows to common stockholders			0	0
PV of cash flows to common stockholders
Stock Price, P0
Alternatively, using Excel NPV function:
Stock Price, P0
Formulas
					50.00%	50.00%	4.00%
		0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Dividends			0	0	$1.5000	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
P5							#N/A
Cash flows to common stockholders			0	0	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
PV of cash flows to common stockholders			#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Stock Price, P0		#N/A
Alternatively, using Excel NPV function:
Stock Price, P0		#N/A

If the required return on Computech is 12%, what is the value of the stock today? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.