Fontaine price-earnings ratio


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Fontaine Inc. recently reported net income of $6 million. It has 620,000 shares of common stock, which currently trades at $31 a share. Fontaine continues to expand and anticipates that 1 year from now, its net income will be $8.1 million. Over the next year it also anticipates issuing an additional 93,000 shares of stock so that 1 year from now it will have 713,000 shares of common stock.

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Question: Assuming Fontaine's price/earnings ratio remains at its current level, what will be its stock price 1 year from now?

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