CHAPTER 6 B – 2
25. Here we have a stock paying a constant dividend for a fixed period, and an increasing dividend
thereafter. We need to find the present value of the two different cash flows using the appropriate
quarterly interest rate. The constant dividend is an annuity, so the present value of these dividends is:
Now we can find the present value of the dividends beyond the constant dividend phase. Using the
present value of a growing annuity equation, we find:
P12 = $41.88
This is the price of the stock immediately after it has paid the last constant dividend. So, the present
value of the future price is:
The price today is the sum of the present value of the two cash flows, so:
26. Here we need to find the dividend next year for a stock with nonconstant growth. We know the stock
price, the dividend growth rates, and the required return, but not the dividend. First, we need to realize
that the dividend in Year 3 is the constant dividend times the FVIF. The dividend in Year 3 will be:
D3 = D(1.04)
The equation for the stock price will be the present value of the constant dividends, plus the present
value of the future stock price, or:
P0 = D/1.098 + D/1.0982 + D(1.04)/(.098 – .04)]/1.0982
We can factor out D in the equation. Doing so, we get:
Reducing the equation even further by solving all of the terms in the braces, we get:
D = $3.67