Problem:
Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will then pay a dividend of $15 per share 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5 percent per year thereafter.
Required:
Question: If the required return on this stock is 14 percent, what is the current share price?
Note: Be sure to show how you arrived at your answer.