Ecolap inc. (ecl) recently paid a $0.46 dividend. the dividend is expected to grow at a 14.5 percent rate. at a current stock price of $44.12, what is the return shareholders are expecting?
a) 15.69%
b) 14.10%
c) 12.74%

a) 15.69%

Explanation:

The computation of the expected return is shown below:

= (Current year dividend ÷ current price) + growth rate

where,

Current year dividend = Dividend × ( 1 + dividend growth rate)

                                     = $0.46 × (1 + 14.5%)

                                     = $0.527

And, the other item values remain the same

Now put these values to the above formula

So, the value would be equal to

= ($0.527 ÷ $44.12) + 0.145

=  15.69%

ans.

heterothermic organisms include those organisms that can switch between homeothermic (having body temperature higher than environment) and poikilothermic (having variation in internal body temperature) strategies.

some migratory birds show heterothermy as they decrease their metabolic rate during cold nights to keep their body temperature low. drop in metabolic rate allows increase in production efficiency of birds that reduces the internal body temperature to make it equal to external cold temperature during cold nights.

thus, the correct answer is 'birds allow their temperature drop in order to increase their production efficiency.'