There are two companies, AA and BB, each with current annual earnings of $2 per share and book value of $15 per share. AA trades for $20 per share and BB trades for $30 per share.

There are two companies, AA and BB, each with current annual earnings of $2 per share and book value of $15 per share. AA trades for $20 per share and BB trades for $30 per share. (a) According to their book to market ratio, which company is more of a "value stock and which is more of a "growth stock"? Growth stock: Value stock (b) Assume AA and BB are both priced efficiently and according to the constant dividend growth model. If both stocks pay half their eamings as an annual dividend, and both stock's earnings grow at an average rate 3% per year forever, what is the expected retum for AA and BB over the next year? AA expected retum: BB expected retum: (c) Assume, as in (b), that BB is priced correctly according to the constant dividend growth model, that BB pays half their earnings as an annual dividend, and that its eamings grow at an average rate of 3% per year forever. But now assume that AA is underpriced because markets are making a mistake, and should be priced identically to BB. Moreover, imagine markets will realize their mistake over the next year so that the price of AA equals the price of BB one year from now. In this case, compute the expected retum from investing in AA and BB over the next year: AA expected retum: BB expected retum