Down-east Industries Incorporated has just paid its most recent cash dividend of $3.00 per share. Management expects dividends to grow at a constant rate of 8 percent per year forever and investors require a 16 percent rate of return.
What is the expected price of the share today?
What is the expected price of the share 5 years from today?
It was anticipated that Down-east Industries Incorporated would pay a cash dividend of $3.00 per share at the end of year 0. However, the board of directors approved the suspension of dividends for year 0 and for the next 5 years as the company undertakes major expansion projects and reinvests all the earnings (100 percent retention ratio). The company anticipates the dividend that will be paid will be $7.00. Management expects that dividends will grow at a constant rate of 5 percent per year forever and investors require an 18 percent rate of return.
What is the expected price of the share today?
Should Down-east Industries take on this project or continue on as per problem 2 – reject the new investment and pay the $3.00 dividend? Explain
What is the minimum cash dividend the company will need to pay for the share to maintain its current market price as calculated in Problem 2?