Hi-Tek is a young start-up company that is currently retaining all of its earnings. The company plans to pay a $2 per share dividend in Year 7 and increase that dividend by 2.2 percent per year thereafter. What is the current share price if the required return is 16 percent?

$5.95

Explanation:

Given that,

Dividend paid in Year 7 = $2 per share

Growth rate of dividend = 2.2%

Required return = 16 percent

Share price is the present value of all future dividends.

Present Value of future dividends at year 6:

=

=

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= $14.49

Present value of dividends (Now):

= Present Value of future dividends at year 6 × (1 + Required return)^{-6}

= $14.49 × (1 + 0.16)^{-6}

= $5.95

Therefore, the current share price is $5.95 if the required return is 16 percent.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.