Chapter 09: Stocks and Their Valuation
31. Which of the following statements is CORRECT, assuming stocks are in equilibrium?
The dividend yield on a constant growth stock must equal its expected total return minus its expected capital
gains yield.
Assume that the required return on a given stock is 13%. If the stock’s dividend is growing at a constant rate
of 5%, its expected dividend yield is 5% as well.
A stock’s dividend yield can never exceed its expected growth rate.
A required condition for one to use the constant growth model is that the stock’s expected growth rate exceeds
its required rate of return.
Other things held constant, the higher a company’s beta coefficient, the lower its required rate of return.
9-5 Constant Growth Stocks
FOFM.BRIG.17.09.05 – Constant Growth Stocks
United States – BUSPROG.FOFM.BRIG.17.03 – BUSPROG: Analytic
United States – OH – DISC.FOFM.BRIG.17.01 – Stocks and bonds
32. A stock is expected to pay a year-end dividend of $2.00, i.e., D1 = $2.00. The dividend is expected to decline at a rate
of 5% a year forever (g = -5%). If the company is in equilibrium and its expected and required rate of return is 15%,
which of the following statements is CORRECT?
The company’s current stock price is $20.
The company’s dividend yield 5 years from now is expected to be 10%.
The constant growth model cannot be used because the growth rate is negative.
The company’s expected capital gains yield is 5%.
The company’s expected stock price at the beginning of next year is $9.50.
9-5 Constant Growth Stocks
Multiple Choice
FOFM.BRIG.17.09.05 – Constant Growth Stocks
United States – BUSPROG.FOFM.BRIG.17.03 – BUSPROG: Analytic
United States – OH – DISC.FOFM.BRIG.17.01 – Stocks and bonds
Dividend yield and g
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