Problem 21 Early in 2022, Inez Marcus, the chief financial officer (CFO) for Suarez Manufacturing, was given the task of assessing the impact of a proposed risky investment on the firm's stock value. To perform the necessary analysis, Inez gathered the following information on the firm's stock. During the immediate past 5 years (2017-2021), the annual dividends paid on the firm's common stock were as follows: Year Dividend 2021 $1.90 2020 $1.70 2019 $ 1.55 2018 $ 1.40 $1.30 2017 The firm expects that without the proposed investment, the dividend in 2022 will be $2.09 per share and the historical annual rate of growth (rounded to the nearest whole percent) will continue in the future. Currently, the required return on the common stock is 14%. Inez's research indicates that if the proposed investment is undertaken, the 2022 dividend will rise to $2.15/share. The annual rate of dividend growth will be 13% until 2024, and then at the beginning of 2025 onwards, would return to the rate that was experienced between 2017 and 2021. As a result of the increased risk associated with the proposed risky investment, the required return on the common stock is expected to increase by 2% to an annual rate of 16%, regardless of which dividend growth outcome occurs. Armed with the preceding information, Inez must now assess the impact of the proposed risky investment on the market value of Suarez's stock. To simplify her calculations, she plans to round the historical growth rate in common stock dividends to the nearest whole percent. FIN3201 Practice problems Investment Analysis TO DO a. Find the current value per share of Suarez Manufacturing's common stock. b. Find the value of Suarez's common stock in the event that it undertakes the proposed risky investment What effect would the proposed investment have on the firm's stockholders? Explain. c. On the basis of your findings in part b, do the stockholders win or lose because of undertaking the proposed risky investment? Should the firm do it? Why