Chapter 10: Valuation and Rates of Return
Answer: $19.426 PV of P4
COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM
Preston Products (Dividend valuation model, P/E ratio) (LO10-5)
Mel Thomas, the chief financial officer of Preston Resources, has been asked to do
an evaluation of Dunning Chemical Company by the president and Chair of the
Board, Sarah Reynolds. Preston Resources was planning a joint venture with
Dunning (which was privately traded), and Sarah and Mel needed a better feel for
what Dunning’s stock was worth because they might be interested in buying the
firm in the future.
Dunning Chemical paid a dividend at the end of year one of $1.30, the anticipated
growth rate was 10 percent, and the required rate of return was 14 percent.
a. What is the value of the stock based on the dividend valuation model
(Formula 10-8)?
b. Indicate that the value you computed in part a is correct by showing the value of
D1, D2, and D3 and discounting each back to the present at 14 percent. D1 is
$1.30 and it increases by 10 percent (g) each year. Also discount back the
anticipated stock price at the end of year three to the present and add it to the
present value of the three dividend payments.
The value of the stock at the end of year three is:
( )
4
3 4 3 1
e
D
P D D g
K g
= = +
–
If you have done all these steps correctly, you should get an answer approximately
equal to the answer in part a.
c. As an alternative measure, you also examine the value of the firm based on the
price-earnings (P/E) ratio times earnings per share.
Since the company is privately traded (not in the public stock market), you will
get your anticipated P/E ratio by taking the average value of five publicly traded
chemical companies. The P/E ratios were as follows during the time period under
analysis:
P/E Ratio
Dow Chemical........... 15
DuPont………………….. 18
Georgia Gulf.............. 7
3M……………….…..…... 19
Olin Corp……..…........ 21
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