Secondly, provide an overview of the firms dividend payments during the previous 5 years. If your company paid dividends more than once a year, sum up all dividends to find the total yearly dividend. Using the dividend discount model, estimate the return that investors currently require for holding your companys stock. You can assume that the firms dividends will continue to grow indefinitely at the same rate as the average dividend growth rate in the previous five years, or you can make alternative assumptions on the future dividend payments, as you see fit.

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