1- 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 pay a dividend of $20 per share exactly 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 10 percent, what is the current share price?
2- Osbourne, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $5 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a return of 14 percent on the company’s stock, how much will you pay for a share today?
3- Hughes Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 26 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 8 percent thereafter. If the required return is 15 percent and the company just paid a dividend of $3.55, what is the current share price?