Suppose a Stock Is Not Currently Paying Dividends,and Its Management

question 71

Multiple Choice

Suppose a stock is not currently paying dividends,and its management has announced that it will not pay a dividend for at least 5 years,but that it does expect to start paying dividends sometime in the future.Under these conditions,which of the following statements is correct?

• A) Since it is expected to someday pay dividends,the value of the stock today can be found with this equation: P₀ = /(r − g).
• B) The value of the stock cannot be found,even theoretically,by finding the present value of expected future dividends.
• C) According to the text,such a stock should have a value of zero.Any actual value could only come from bids by people who want to control the company in order to draw salaries.
• D) The value of the stock could be found by DCF procedures,but we would have to insert zeros for until such time as we expect the company to begin paying dividends.

Identify the practices and implications of price discrimination through yield management.

Understand the principles and applications of various pricing strategies including cost-plus pricing, standard markup pricing, and target profit pricing.

Identify the differences between cost-oriented, demand-oriented, and profit-oriented pricing approaches.

Analyze the impact of the experience curve on pricing strategies in technology and manufacturing sectors.

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