No 1. CiMob LLC is currently growing rapidly and increasing its share on the market. So, it is expected to have 4 years more of above industry growth. The growth rate during 4 years will be such that return on equity this period will be 12%. After this period of extra growth, the competition on the market from main competitors (YX LLC and Ur LLC) increases and the possibilities to increase market share will exhaust. So, the desire to continue the increase of the share and make the growth rate higher than the growth rate of the market due to large investments will lead to low return on equity. In 4 years the industry will bring on average 14% of accounting return on equity forever. Last year EPS was $12. Book equity per share at the beginning of the last year was 100. CiMob's managers have been consistently paying half of its profits to shareholders and will keep payout ratio at this level during the whole life of the company. The decision not to change payout policy after 4 years was dictated by the main priority of shareholders - not to loose and not to rise the share of the market after rapid growth during 4 years when competition was week. a) Fill in the gaps of the table below. 0 1 100 12 0,14 Parameter Year BE per share EPS Growth rate of EPS ROE Payout Plowback Retained eps Dividend per share Plowback*ROE 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,14 0,50 | b) Find the price of the stock of CiMob LLC if required return on equity is 12%. c) Are there any differences between Growth rate of EPS and Plowback*ROE? Explain if there are any. Now assume that in 4 years the growth rate of the industry remains the same but the industry will bring on average not 14% but 12% of accounting return on equity forever. In order not to change the share of the market CiMob LLC is forced to change its dividend policy. The payout ratio after 4 years will be 41.66667% and will be kept at this level during the whole life of the company. d) Fill in the gaps of the table below. 0 4 Parameter Year BE per share EPS Growth rate of EPS ROE 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 Payout 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,416667 0,416667 Plowback Retained eps Dividend per share Plowback*ROE e) Find the price of the stock in that case f) Are there any differences between Growth rate of EPS and Plowback"ROE? Explain if there are any. g) Formulate conditions on ROE and payout under which growth rate of EPS will be equal to plowback*ROE. No 1. CiMob LLC is currently growing rapidly and increasing its share on the market. So, it is expected to have 4 years more of above industry growth. The growth rate during 4 years will be such that return on equity this period will be 12%. After this period of extra growth, the competition on the market from main competitors (YX LLC and Ur LLC) increases and the possibilities to increase market share will exhaust. So, the desire to continue the increase of the share and make the growth rate higher than the growth rate of the market due to large investments will lead to low return on equity. In 4 years the industry will bring on average 14% of accounting return on equity forever. Last year EPS was $12. Book equity per share at the beginning of the last year was 100. CiMob's managers have been consistently paying half of its profits to shareholders and will keep payout ratio at this level during the whole life of the company. The decision not to change payout policy after 4 years was dictated by the main priority of shareholders - not to loose and not to rise the share of the market after rapid growth during 4 years when competition was week. a) Fill in the gaps of the table below. 0 1 100 12 0,14 Parameter Year BE per share EPS Growth rate of EPS ROE Payout Plowback Retained eps Dividend per share Plowback*ROE 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,12 0,50 0,14 0,50 | b) Find the price of the stock of CiMob LLC if required return on equity is 12%. c) Are there any differences between Growth rate of EPS and Plowback*ROE? Explain if there are any. Now assume that in 4 years the growth rate of the industry remains the same but the industry will bring on average not 14% but 12% of accounting return on equity forever. In order not to change the share of the market CiMob LLC is forced to change its dividend policy. The payout ratio after 4 years will be 41.66667% and will be kept at this level during the whole life of the company. d) Fill in the gaps of the table below. 0 4 Parameter Year BE per share EPS Growth rate of EPS ROE 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 0,12 Payout 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,50 0,416667 0,416667 Plowback Retained eps Dividend per share Plowback*ROE e) Find the price of the stock in that case f) Are there any differences between Growth rate of EPS and Plowback"ROE? Explain if there are any. g) Formulate conditions on ROE and payout under which growth rate of EPS will be equal to plowback*ROE