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Answer:
-9.92%
Explanation:
P₀ = Div₁ / (Re - g)
- Div₁ = next year's expected dividend = $1.12 x (1 - 11.5%) = $0.9912
- Re = cost of equity = ?
- P₀ = current stock price = $62.91
- g = dividend's growth rate = -11.5%
Re = (Div₁ / P₀) + g
Re = ($0.9912 / $62.91) - 11.5%
Re = 1.58% - 11.5% = -9.92%
Since the cost of equity or required rate of return cannot be negative, I suppose that investors are not worried about Abbott distributing dividends, instead, they prefer that the company reinvests earnings in new projects.
The correct answer is that there was $3,080 worth of office supplies purchased during the period.
In order to answer this question you know that the company started with $630 worth of office supplies and ended the year with $460 worth, or $170 less than they started with. The company used $170 of supplies from inventory, so they needed to purchase another $3,080 in order arrive at the $3,250 that we know was the total expense during the reporting period.
