Question

The price of a stock is:_______.a) the future value of all expected future dividends, discounted at the dividend growth rate. b) the present value of all expected future dividends, discounted at the dividend growth rate. c) the future value of all expected future dividends, discounted at the investors required return. d) the present value of all expected future dividends, discounted at the investors required return.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is D.

Explanation:

The price of a stock is also known as price of equity. This is the price the equity of a company is presently worth. The price the potential investors will be able to purchase it. One of the ways of calculating price of a stock is the Dividend Discount Model which can be calculated by:

Ke = (D1÷Po) - g

Ke is the Cost of equity(i.e the required rate of return for investors)

D1 is the next year dividend payments

Po is the price of the stock

g is the expected dividend growth rate

To get Po, we can rewrite the formula as:

Po = D1÷Ke - g÷Ke

We can see now that the expected future dividends will be discounted at the ''Ke'' which is the investors'required rate of return