Exhibit 12.1 Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)

question 98

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 12.1
Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)
Assume that the dividend payout ratio will be 65 percent when the rate on long-term government bonds falls to 8 percent. Since investors are becoming more risk averse, the equity risk premium will rise to 7 percent and investors will require a 15 percent return. The return on equity will be 12 percent.
-Refer to Exhibit 12.1.To what price will the market rise if the earnings expectation is $22.00 per share?

• A) $183.26
• B) $132.41
• C) $198.66
• D) $71.28
• E) $14.30

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Definitions:

Labor

The effort involving both mental and physical capacities of humans utilized in creating goods and services.

Marginal Productivity Theory

A principle in economics that states the compensation of a factor of production, like labor, depends on the marginal productivity of that factor.

Perfectly Competitive

Refers to markets that meet the criteria of perfect competition, ensuring no single buyer or seller can influence prices or market conditions.

Diminishing Returns

A decrease in the marginal output of a production process as the amount of a single factor of production is incrementally increased, holding all other factors constant.