Mohan Gupta is the portfolio manager of an India - based equity fund. He is analyzing thevalue of Tata Chemicals Ltd. (Bombay Stock Exchange: TATACHEM). Tata Chemicals is Indiasleading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, and also manufactures fertilizers and foodadditives. Gupta has concluded that the DDM is appropriate to value Tata Chemicals. The mostrecent dividend payment of Tata was $9. They have estimated that an average annual growth ratein DPS of just above 13 percent. Gupta has decided to use a three - stage DDM with a linearlydeclining growth rate in stage 2. He considers Tata Chemicals to be an average growth company,and estimates stage 1 (the growth stage) to be 6 years and stage 2 (the transition stage) to be 10years. He estimates the growth rate to be 14 percent in stage 1 and 10 percent in stage 3. Guptahas estimated the required return on equity for Tata Chemicals to be 16 percent. Estimate thecurrent value of the stock.