. Questions 20 23 are based on the following information relating to Tupelo Turbine Corporation. The company paid a dividend of $1.02 per share quarterly, totaling to $4.08 for the most recent full year, on its common stock. Based on a study of the risk of owning this stock, analysts at Walnut Investment Funds have determined that the required annual rate of return should be ke or r = 8.2%. The third analyst, Ms. Root, believes first analyst Branch is too optimistic; she feels Tupelo Turbine's future earnings and dividends will change in a fairly steady manner that can sensibly be modeled as constant growth of approximately negative 1.8 (-1.8%) per year. Under these assumptions, what is the highest price analyst Root thinks the Walnut funds should be willing to pay per share for Tupelo Turbine Corporation common stock? A. $40.07 B. $62.60 C. $48.86 D. $63.75 E. $0 (no value since the dividend stream is expected to decline) Questions 20 23 are based on the following information relating to Tupelo Turbine Corporation. The company paid a dividend of $1.02 per share quarterly, totaling to $4.08 for the most recent full year, on its common stock. Based on a study of the risk of owning this stock, analysts at Walnut Investment Funds have determined that the required annual rate of return should be ke or r = 8.2%. The second analyst, Mr. Leaf, is convinced that first analyst Branch's evaluation of Tupelo Turbine's future earnings and dividends is too pessimistic. He feels that the company's earnings and dividends will grow in a fairly steady manner that can sensibly be modeled as constant growth of approximately 2.4% per year into the far distant future. Under this set of assumptions, what is the highest price that analyst Leaf thinks the Walnut funds should be willing to pay for a share of Tupelo Turbine Corporation's common stock? A. $38.49 B. $70.34 C. $50.95 D. $39.41 E. $72.03