The next dividend payment by Halestorm, Inc., will be $2.04 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 7 percent forever. The stock currently sells for $41 per share.
What is the dividend yield? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Dividend yield %
What is the expected capital gains yield? (Enter your answer as a percent.)
Capital gains yield %
2. Suppose you know that a company’s stock currently sells for $54 per share and the required return on the stock is 9 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If it’s the company’s policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Current dividend per share $
3. Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $16 per share dividend 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 10 percent, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Current share price $