Question

Grateful Eight Co. is expected to maintain a constant 4.6 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely. If the company has a dividend yield of 6.4 percent, what is the required return on the company’s stock?

Answer 1

Answer:

11%

Explanation:

To address this exercise, we need to recall the formula for dividend discounted model (DDM). The DDM is stated as below:

Stock intrinsic value = Next year dividend/(Required rate of return - Long term growth)

Rearrange a bit this formula, we have:

Next year dividend/Stock intrinsic value = Required rate of return - Long term growth, or

Dividend yield = Required rate of return - Long term growth

Putting all the number together, we have:

6.4% = Required rate of return - 4.6% or Required rate of return = 11%