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please do it in 15 minutes please urgently... I'll give you up thumb definitely 5. ABC Inc. expects to have earnings per share of $6

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5. ABC Inc. expects to have earnings per share of $6 in the coming year. Rather than reinvest these earnings and grow, the firm plans to pay out all its earnings as a dividend (payout rate of 100%) and could maintain this level of dividends forever in the future. With these expectations of no growth, ABC's current share price is $60. Suppose ABC Inc could cut its dividend payout rate to 75% for the foreseeable future and use the retained earnings to open new stores. The return on its investment in these stores is expected to be 12%. Assuming its equity cost of capital is unchanged, what will be the stock policy under this policy? Explain (in 1-2 sentences) why we should have expected to see the observed impact on the stock price

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