XCEL Corporation paid a dividend yesterday for $1.50. They expect to pay dividends annually at a constant 6 percent annual growth rate indefinitely. If the required rate of return on this investment is 12 percent, what is the current value of this common stock?

An amount of money that is paid by the company to its shareholders on the regular basis is called a dividend.

The current value of this common stock is $26.50.

This can be estimated by:

Where,

The current year interest = $1.59

The essential rate of return = 12%

The growth rate = 6%

Hence, the current value of the common stock is:

= $26.50

Therefore, the current price of the common stock will be $26.50.

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$26.50

Explanation:

The computation of the current value of the common stock is shown below:

Current price is

= Current year dividend ÷ (Required rate of return - Growth rate)

where

Current year dividend is $1.59

The Required rate of return is 12%

ANd, the growth rate is 6%

Now place these values to the above formula

So, the current price of the common stock is

= ($1.50 × 1.06) ÷ (0.12 - 0.06)  

= $1.59 ÷ 0.06

= $26.50

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henry is an economist and wants to understand the relationship between inflation and consumer spending habits. for his research, he needs the consumer price index for 2014 and the inflation rate. based on the prices of goods given, what will he find to be the cpi and inflation rate for 2014? assume that a consumer’s basket for three consecutive years consists of the following:

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