Question: Cargo Point, Inc. has a beta of 1.10. The risk-free rate of interest is currently six percent, & the required return on the market portfolio is 13 percent. The company plans to pay a dividend of $2.91 in the coming year & anticipates that its future dividends will rise at an yearly rate consistent with that of the 2003-2005 periods:
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Year
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Dividend
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2005
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$2.67
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2004
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$2.45
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2003
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$2.25
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Determine the value of Cargo Point, Inc. stock.
Required Rate of Return
Kb = Rf + b(Km - Rf)
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Kb
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Rate of Return
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Rf
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Rate of return on risk free securities
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Km
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rate of return on market portfolio
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b
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beta
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Km - Rf
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Risk Premium
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Kb
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Rf
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6%
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Km
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13%
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b
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1.1
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Km-Rf
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Required rate of return
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Km - Kf
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0.07
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b(Km - Kf)
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0.077
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Rf + b (Km - Rf)
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13.70%
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Share Valuation
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Po
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Net proceeds / Current Market Price
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D1
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$2.91
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Expected dividend per share
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Ke
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13.70%
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Rate of return
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g
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9%
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Growth rate
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Po
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D / (Ke - g)
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Ke-g
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0.047
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Po
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$61.91
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