Suppose that a firm’s recent earnings per share and dividend per share are $2.50 and $1.50, respectively. Both are expected to grow at 9 percent. However, the firm’s current P/E ratio of 24 seems high for this growth rate. The P/E ratio is expected to fall to 20 within five years.

Compute the dividends over the next five years.

Compute the value of this stock in five years.

Calculate the present value of these cash flows using an 11 percent discount rate.

Aplant manager is considering buying additional stamping machines to accommodate increasing demand. the alternatives are to buy 1 machine, 2 machines, or 3 machines. the profits realized under each alternative are a function of whether their bid for a recent defense contract is accepted or not. the payoff table below illustrates the profits realized (in $000's) based on the different scenarios faced by the manager. alternative bid accepted bid rejected buy 1 machine $10 $5 buy 2 machines $30 $4 buy 3 machines $40 $2 refer to the information above. assume that based on historical bids with the defense contractor, the plant manager believes that there is a 65% chance that the bid will be accepted and a 35% chance that the bid will be rejected. what is the expected value under perfect information (evpi)?