Best Value Outlet Recently Announced That It Intends to Pay

question 54

Multiple Choice

Best Value Outlet recently announced that it intends to pay dividends of $0.40,$0.60,$0.75,and $1.00 per share over the next four years,respectively.After that,the plan is to increase the dividend by 3.5 percent annually.What is the current value of this stock if the applicable discount rate is 13.5 percent?

• A) $6.44
• B) $7.83
• C) $8.17
• D) $9.55
• E) $13.10

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