Anton, Inc., just paid a dividend of $3.15 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6 percent per year, indefinitely. Assume investors require a return of 11 percent on this stock.

Anton, Inc., just paid a dividend of $3.15 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6 percent per year, indefinitely. Assume investors require a return of 11 percent on this stock.

Requirement 1:

What is the current price? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Current price

$

Requirement 2:

What will the price be in three years and in fifteen years? (Do not round intermediate calculations.Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Three years	$
Fifteen years	$

 
Explanation:

1:

The constant dividend growth model is:

Pt = Dt × (1 + g) / (R – g)

So, the price of the stock today is:

P0 = D0 (1 + g) / (R – g)

P0 = $3.15 (1.0600) / (0.11 – 0.0600)

P0 = $66.78

2:

The dividend at year 4 is the dividend today times the FVIF for the growth rate in dividends and four years, so:

P3 = D3 (1 + g) / (R – g)

P3 = D0 (1 + g)4 / (R – g)

P3 = $3.15 (1.0600)4 / (0.11 – 0.0600)

P3 = $79.54

We can do the same thing to find the dividend in Year 16, which gives us the price in Year 15, so:

P15 = D15 (1 + g) / (R – g)

P15 = D0 (1 + g)16 / (R – g)

P15 = $3.15 (1.0600)16 / (0.11 – 0.0600)

P15 = $160.04

There is another feature of the constant dividend growth model: The stock price grows at the dividend growth rate. So, if we know the stock price today, we can find the future value for any time in the future we want to calculate the stock price. In this problem, we want to know the stock price in Year three, and we have already calculated the stock price today. The stock price in Year three will be:

P3 = P0(1 + g)3

P3 = $66.78(1 + 0.0600)3

P3 = $79.54

And the stock price in Year 15 will be:

P15 = P0(1 + g)15

P15 = $66.78(1 + 0.0600)15

P15 = $160.04