ABC Company Has Been Growing at a 10% Rate, and It

question 81

Multiple Choice

ABC Company has been growing at a 10% rate, and it just paid a dividend of D₀ = $3.00.Due to a new product, ABC expects to achieve a dramatic increase in its short-run growth rate, to 20 percent annually for the next 2 years.After this time, growth is expected to return to the long-run constant rate of 10 percent.The company's beta is 2.0, the required return on an average stock is 11 percent, and the risk-free rate is 7 percent.What should the dividend yield ( /P₀) be today?

• A) 3.93%
• B) 4.60%
• C) 10.00%
• D) 7.54%
• E) 2.33%

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