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6 November, 20:55

Stock XYZ has a current dividend of $6.00. The dividend is expected to grow at 4.00% per year until year 3 and then at 3.00% per year for the rest of time. Based on the riskiness XYZ, its discount rate is 7.00%. With this information, what is the dividend yield from today to year 1?

(A) 7.00%

(B) 3.73%

(C) 4.00%

(D) 4.12%

(E) 3.93%

(F) 3.07%

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  1. 6 November, 21:01
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    (E) 3.93%

    Explanation:

    year cash flows pv @7% present value

    1 $6.24 0.934579 $5.83

    2 $6.49 0.87344 $5.67

    3 $6.75 0.81630 $5.51

    Price at year 3 $173.79 0.81630 $141.87

    (6.75*1.03) / (0.07-0.03)

    price today $158.88

    Devidend yield = 6.24/158.88

    = 3.93%

    Therefore. The dividend yield from today to year 1 is 3.93%
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