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CHAPTER 18: EQUITY VALUATION MODELS
PROBLEM SETS
1. Theoretically, dividend discount models can be used to value the stock of rapidly
growing companies that do not currently pay dividends; in this scenario, we
would be valuing expected dividends in the relatively more distant future.
However, as a practical matter, such estimates of payments to be made in the
2. It is most important to use multistage dividend discount models when valuing
companies with temporarily high growth rates. These companies tend to be
3. The intrinsic value of a share of stock is the individual investor’s assessment of
the true worth of the stock. The market capitalization rate is the market
4. First estimate the amount of each of the next two dividends and the terminal
5. The required return is 9%.
$1.22 (1.05) 0.05 .09,or 9%
$32.03
k´
= + =
6. The Gordon DDM uses the dividend for period (t+1) which would be 1.05.
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c.
The low P/E ratios and negative PVGO are due to a poor ROE (9%) that is
less than the market capitalization rate (16%).
d. Now, you revise b to 1/3, g to 1/3 9% = 3%, and D1 to:
E0 (1 + g) (2/3)
$3 1.03 (2/3) = $2.06
Thus:
V0 increases because the firm pays out more earnings instead of reinvesting
a poor ROE. This information is not yet known to the rest of the market.
11. a.
1
0
$8 $160
0.10 0.05
D
Pk g
= = =
– –
b. The dividend payout ratio is 8/12 = 2/3, so the plowback ratio is b = 1/3.
The implied value of ROE on future investments is found by solving:
g = b ROE with g = 5% and b = 1/3 ROE = 15%
c. Assuming ROE = k, price is equal to:
1
0
$12 $120
0.10
E
Pk
= = =
Therefore, the market is paying $40 per share ($160 – $120) for growth
opportunities.
12. a. k = D1/P0 + g
b. Since k = ROE, the NPV of future investment opportunities is zero:
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1
0
$10 $10 0
E
PVGO P k
= – = – =
c. Since k = ROE, the stock price would be unaffected by cutting the dividend
and investing the additional earnings.
13. a. k = rf + β [E(rM ) – rf ] = 8% + 1.2(15% – 8%) = 16.4%
0
0
(1 ) $4 1.12 $101.82
0.164 0.12
D g
Vk g
+´
= = =
– –
b. P1 = V1 = V0(1 + g) = $101.82 1.12 = $114.04
1 1 0
0
$4.48 $114.04 $100
( ) 0.1852,or 18.52%
$100
D P P
E r P
–
++ –
= = =
14.
Time: 0 1 5 6
E t
$10.000
$12.000
$24.883
$27.123
The year-6 earnings estimate is based on growth rate of 0.15 × (1-0.40) = 0.09.
a.
6
5
$10.85 $180.82
0.15 0.09
D
Vk g
= = = Þ
– –
5
05 5
$180.82 $89.90
(1 ) 1.15
V
Vk
= = =
+
b. The price should rise by 15% per year until year 6: because there is no
c. The price should rise by 15% per year until year 6: because there is no
dividend, the entire return must be in capital gains. Therefore the price in
two years should be $118.89.
d.
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Time: 0 1 5 6
E t
$10.000
$12.000
$24.883
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The year-6 earnings estimate is based on growth rate of 0.15 × (1-0.20) = 0.12.
6
5
$5.57 $185.79
0.15 0.12
D
Vk g
= = = Þ
– –
5
05 5
$185.79 $92.37
(1 ) 1.15
V
Vk
= = =
+
15. The base case solution is shown in the Excel spreadsheet below:
16. The solutions derived from Spreadsheet 18.2 are as follows:
Intrinsic Value:
FCFF
Intrinsic Value:
FCFE
Intrinsic Value
per Share: FCFF
Intrinsic Value
per Share: FCFE
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a. 367,080 261,289 24.42 28.10
17.
Time: 0 1 2 3
D t
$1.0000
$1.2500
$1.5625
$1.953
g25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 5.0%
a. The dividend to be paid at the end of year 3 is the first installment of a
dividend stream that will increase indefinitely at the constant growth rate of
The expected price 2 years from now is:
The PV of expected dividends in years 1 and 2 is
13.2$
20.1
5625.1$
20.1
25.1$
2

Thus the current price should be: $9.04 + $2.13 = $11.17
b. Expected dividend yield = D1/P0 = $1.25/$11.17 = 0.112, or 11.2%
c. The expected price one year from now is the PV at that time of P2 and D2:
The implied capital gain is
The sum of the implied capital gains yield and the expected dividend yield
is equal to the market capitalization rate. This is consistent with the DDM.
18.
Time: 0 1 4 5
E t
$5.000
$6.000
$10.368
$10.368
D t$0.000 $0.000 $0.000 $10.368
Dividends = 0 for the next four years, so b = 1.0 (100% plowback ratio).
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At time 2:
3
2
$0.7696 $8.551
0.15 0.06
D
Pk g
= = =
– –
At time 0:
02
$0.55 $0.726 $8.551 $7.493
1.15 (1.15)
V+
= + =
(Because the market is unaware of the changed competitive situation, it
believes the stock price should grow at 10% per year, in other words, no new
information is publicly available.)
($12.10 $11) $0.55 0.150,or 15.0%
$11
– + =
d. P1 = P0(1 + g) = $12.10 and P2 = $8.551 after the market becomes aware of the
changed competitive situation.
($8.551 $12.10) $0.726 0.233,or 23.3%
$12.10
– + =- –
e. P2 = $8.551 and P3 = $8.551 1.06 = $9.064 (The new growth rate is 6%.)
($9.064 $8.551) $0.7696 0.150,or 15.0%
$8.551
– + =
Moral: In normal periods when there is no special information, the stock
return = k = 15%. When special information arrives, all the abnormal return
accrues in that period, as one would expect in an efficient market.
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