Problem
Select a publicly traded company that pays dividends - The Company is NextEra Energy (NEE)
A. Determine the most recent stock price and the total dividends paid over the past year.
B. Calculate the current dividend yield on the stock.
C. Calculate the required rate of return (Ke) for an investment in the common stock, use an assumed growth rate of 5%.
D. Identify the current P/E ratio for the company
E. Show your calculations of the dividend yield and required rate of return (Ke), and present the P/E ratio.
F. Explain the relationship between your chosen company's Ke and P/E ratio and what that relationship indicates about the risk of the company's future cash flows.
G. Explain whether the general relationship between a high Ke and a low P/E ratio (or low Ke and high P/E ratio) is supported by the data for your chosen publicly traded company.
H. Predict the impact on the company's stock price based on your forecast that the company will grow its dividends by a rate higher than 5%.
I. Compare your company's P/E ratio with the P/E ratios of two other companies in its industry.
J. Hypothesize which company in this industry should have the lowest Ke based on the P/E comparisons.
K. Summarize the connection between a company's growth rate, its required rate of return, and its value (stock price).