A preferred stock is expected to pay a constant quarterly dividend of $1.25 per quarter into the future. The required rate of return, Rs, on the preferred stock is 13.5 percent. What is the fair value (or price) of this stock?

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Raina Bernard

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1 January, 07:22

A preferred stock is expected to pay a constant quarterly dividend of $1.25 per quarter into the future. The required rate of return, Rs, on the preferred stock is 13.5 percent. What is the fair value (or price) of this stock?

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Emerson Griffith · Answer 1

The share will cost $37.04

Explanation:

We divide the quarterly dividend by the quarterly rate to get the present intrinsic value of the stock:

13.5% = 13.5/100 = 0.135

now we divide by 4:

0.135 / 4 = 0,03375‬ quarterly rate

1.25 / 0.03375 = 37,037037 = $37.04 value of the share according to the present value of their future cash dividends.