Abel company produces three versions of baseball bats: wood, aluminum, and hard rubber. a condensed segmented income statement for a recent period follows: assume all of the fixed expenses for the hard rubber line are avoidable. what will be total net income if the line is dropped?

The common stock of ncp paid $1.35 in dividends last year. dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 5.30 percent for an indefinite number of years. a. if ncp's current market price is $22.57 per share, what is the stock's expected rate of return? b. if your required rate of return is 7.3 percent, what is the value of the stock for you? c. should you make the investment? a. if ncp's current market price is $22.57 per share, the stock's expected rate of return is