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Finance Homework Question!?

You are evaluating the purchase of Holdings, Inc common stock that just paid a dividend of $1.80. You plan to hold the stock for three years and then sell it. You expect the price of the company’s stock to rise to $51.50 at the end of your three year holding period. You estimate that a required rate of return of 17.5% will be adequate compensation for this investment. Calculate the present value of the expected future stock price. Round to the nearest $.25.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    You can answer this question with either a financial calculator or Microsoft Excel.

    FINANCIAL CALCULATOR:

    [N][I/Y][PV][PMT][FV]

    Where:

    N = 3

    I/Y = 17.5

    PV = 0

    PMT = 1.80

    FV = 51.50

    This gives you an output of $35.69, or $35.75 when rounded to the nearest $.25

    EXCEL:

    Use the PV function.

    =PV(rate,nper,pmt,fv,type)

    =PV(17.5%, 3, 1.80, 51.50, 0)

    =35.69, or 35.75 when rounded

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