Assume a Stock Should Be Valued with the Two-Stage Dividend

question 13

Multiple Choice

Assume a stock should be valued with the two-stage dividend growth model. All else the same, a decrease in the length of the first stage dividend growth would:

• A) increase the stock price.
• B) decrease the stock price.
• C) increase the stock price only if the first stage growth was greater than the second stage growth.
• D) decrease the stock price only if the first stage growth was greater than the second stage growth.
• E) not change the stock price.

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