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Bond Valuation Practice Problems
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Bond Valuation Practice Problems
o FV = $1, o N = 5 x 2 = 10 o PV = $1, o i = 1.797% o yield-to-maturity = 1.797% x 2 = 3.594%
P8. The C. Alice Stone Company’s preferred stock pays a $10 dividend every year, with the next
dividend due in one year. Investors require a 10% return on this preferred stock. What is its
current market price? What will the price be immediately after the next dividend payment (P
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20.) is due a year later after that. So next year’s price is P
27.P9. Propulsion Sciences’ (PS) stock dividend has grown at 10 percent per year for as long as anyone 28.can remember. Investors believe that a year from now the company will pay a dividend of $3 and 29.that dividends will continue their 10 percent growth indefinitely. If the market’s required return 30.on PS stock is 12 percent, what does the stock sell for today, and how much will it sell for a year
35.10 percent growth in the stock price, exactly matching the 10 percent increase in the dividend. 36.P10. Investors believe that a certain stock will pay a $4 dividend next year. The market price of the 37.stock is $66.67, and investors expect a 12 percent return on the stock. What long-run growth rate 38.in dividends is consistent with the current price of the stock? 39.A10. $66.67 = $4/(0.12-g)
40.g = 0.06 or 6% 41.P11. Petscan Radiology’s stock pays a dividend once each year, and it just paid a dividend of $0. 42.yesterday. The current market price of the stock is $12.14. If investors believe that Petscan will 43.increase it dividends by 7 percent per year forever, what is the required rate of return on Petscan’s 44.stock?
63.P8. The C. Alice Stone Company’s preferred stock pays a $10 dividend every year, with the next 64.dividend due in one year. Investors require a 10% return on this preferred stock. What is its 65.current market price? What will the price be immediately after the next dividend payment (P
84.can remember. Investors believe that a year from now the company will pay a dividend of $3 and 85.that dividends will continue their 10 percent growth indefinitely. If the market’s required return 86.on PS stock is 12 percent, what does the stock sell for today, and how much will it sell for a year 87.from today after the stockholders receive their dividend?
92.P10. Investors believe that a certain stock will pay a $4 dividend next year. The market price of the 93.stock is $66.67, and investors expect a 12 percent return on the stock. What long-run growth rate 94.in dividends is consistent with the current price of the stock? 95.A10. $66.67 = $4/(0.12-g) 96.g = 0.06 or 6%
97.P11. Petscan Radiology’s stock pays a dividend once each year, and it just paid a dividend of $0. 98.yesterday. The current market price of the stock is $12.14. If investors believe that Petscan will 99.increase it dividends by 7 percent per year forever, what is the required rate of return on Petscan’s