NU YU announced today that it will begin paying annual dividends. The first dividend will be paid next year in the amount of $.67 a share. The following dividends will be $.72, $.87, and $1.17 a share annually for the following three years, respectively. After that, dividends are projected to increase by 3.7 percent per year. How much are you willing to pay today to buy one share of this stock if your desired rate of return is 11 percent?单项选择题
A
$13.54
B
$17.29
C
$16.62
D
$17.24
E
$3.39

Question

NU YU announced today that it will begin paying annual dividends. The first dividend will be paid next year in the amount of $.67 a share. The following dividends will be $.72, $.87, and $1.17 a share annually for the following three years, respectively. After that, dividends are projected to increase by 3.7 percent per year. How much are you willing to pay today to buy one share of this stock if your desired rate of return is 11 percent?单项选择题

A

$13.54

B

$17.29

C

$16.62

D

$17.24

E

$3.39

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The dividend-discount model applies: value today = PV of the explicit dividends for years 1–4 plus the PV at time 0 of the terminal (perpetuity) value at t=4, where the perpetuity grows at g = 3.7%.

1) Key concepts
- Present value (PV) of future cash flows: PV = D_t / (1 + r)^t.
- Gordon growth (perpetuity with growth) for terminal value at t=4: P4 = D5 / (r - g), where D5 = D4 × (1 + g).
- r = 11% = 0.11, g = 3.7% = 0.037.

2) Step-by-step reasoning and calculations
- Given dividends: D1 = $0.67, D2 = $0.72, D3 = $0.87, D4 = $1.17.
- Compute D5 = D4 × (1 + g) = 1.17 × 1.037 = 1.21329.
- Terminal value at t = 4: P4 = D5 / (r − g) = 1.21329 / (0.11 − 0.037) = 1.21329 / 0.073 = 16.63041.
- Discount factors: (1.11)^1 = 1.11; (1.11)^2 = 1.2321; (1.11)^3 = 1.367631; (1.11)^4 = 1.51807041.
- PV of each dividend:
  PV1 = 0.67 / 1.11 = 0.60360
  PV2 = 0.72 / 1.2321 ≈ 0.58435
  PV3 = 0.87 / 1.367631 ≈ 0.63620
  PV4 (dividend) = 1.17 / 1.51807041 ≈ 0.77070
- PV of terminal value: PV(P4) = 16.63041 / 1.51807041 ≈ 10.95500
- Sum all PVs: 0.60360 + 0.58435 + 0.63620 + 0.77070 + 10.95500 ≈ 13.54985 ≈ $13.54.

3) Why this answer is correct
The model correctly accounts for the explicit near-term dividends, then converts all subsequent growing dividends into a single terminal value at year 4 using the Gordon formula, and discounts everything to present at the required return of 11%. The arithmetic yields about $13.55, rounded to $13.54.

4) Why other choices are incorrect
- $16.62, $17.29, $17.24 are too high—these would result from under-discounting the terminal value or failing to discount far enough (e.g., discounting the perpetuity at t=0 instead of t=4).
- $3.39 is far too low—this could come from discounting only one dividend or a major arithmetic error.

Final confirmation: The correct present value is $13.54, matching the provided answer.

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