Diets for You Announced Today That It Will Begin Paying

question 62

Multiple Choice

Diets For You announced today that it will begin paying annual dividends next year.The first dividend will be $0.12 a share.The following dividends will be $0.15,$0.20,$0.50,and $0.75 a share annually for the following 4 years,respectively.After that,dividends are projected to increase by 4 percent per year.How much are you willing to pay to buy one share of this stock today if your desired rate of return is 8.5 percent?

• A)$11.67
• B)$11.94
• C)$12.78
• D)$13.50
• E)$13.86

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