1. The stock price of Tomboy, Inc. is $58.78. Investors require a 8.6 percent rate of return on similar stocks. If the company plans to pay a dividend of $3.14 next year, what growth rate is expected for the company’s stock price?
Enter rate in percents, to three decimal places.
2. You anticipate that XSensors Co. will pay a constant dividend of $2.75 each year for the next 10 years. After that, the dividend will increase to $4.89 and hold steady for another 10 years. After that, you expect the dividend will start increasing every year at a constant rate of 2.6 percent per year, forever. Your discount rate for this stock is 13.3 percent. How much are you willing to pay for this stock today?