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The following table gives Foust Company's earnings per share for the last $10$ years. The common stock, $8\mathrm{.}6$ million shares outstanding, is now $(1/1/22)$ selling for $$75\mathrm{.}00$ per share. The expected dividend at the end of the current year $(12/31/22)$ is $45\%$ of the $2021$ EPS. Because investors expect past trends to continue, $9$ may be based on the historical earnings growth rate. $($Note that $9$ years of growth are reflected in the $10$ years of data.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[$Year$,$EPS,,Year,EPS$],[2012,$$$3\mathrm{.}90,,2017,$$$5\mathrm{.}73$