Melissa Cutt is thinking about buying some shares of EZLawn Equipment, at $$46\mathrm{.}03$ per share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $$49\mathrm{.}72$ over the next $3$ years. During that time she also expects to receive annual dividends of $$4\mathrm{.}57$ per share.

a$.$ What is the intrinsic worth of this stock, given a required rate of return of $9\%?$

b$.$ What is its expected return?