Question

Estes Park, Inc., has declared a dividend of $6.20 per share. Suppose capital gains are not taxed, but dividends are taxed at 30 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. The company's stock sells for $113 per share, and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. What do you think the ex-dividend price will be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Answer 1

Answer:

the ex-dividend price is $108.66

Explanation:

The computation of the ex-dividend price is shown below:

The Aftertax dividend is

= Dividend × (1 - tax rate)

= $6.20 (1 - 0.30)

= $4.34

Now the exdividend price is

= Selling price of a share - after tax dividend

= $113 - $4.34

= $108.66

hence, the ex-dividend price is $108.66

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct value could come

And, the same is to be considered