Handout: Equity Valuation
Handout: Equity Valuation
Equity Valuation
1. Lala Land Corp. (LLC) is experiencing super normal growth. Dividends are expected to
grow at 35 percent per year during the next three years, 25 percent over the following
year, and then 4 percent per year indefinitely. The required return on this stock is 12
percent, and the LLC distributed $5/share dividend last year. What is the stock price as
per the Gordon growth model?
D0= $5
D1= 5*1.35=6.75
D2= 6.75*1.35=9.1125
D3= 9.1125*1.35=12.3018
D4=15.377
D5=15.99244
P4=D5/R-G
P4=199.91
P0 = 158.84
3. Imaginary Corporation will pay a $9.90 per share dividend next year. The company
decides to increase its dividend by 5.2 percent per year indefinitely. If you require a 13
percent return on your investment, what is the intrinsic value of the share?
D1: 9.90
P0= 9.90/(0.13-0.052)
P0 = $126.9231
4. Super star INC just paid a dividend of $5.50 per share. The company will increase its
dividend by 50 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 10
percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 10 percent dividend
growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. If the
required return on Super star stock is 18 percent, what is the intrinsic value of the stock
as per the Dividend discount model?
Growth
1=50%
2=40%
3=30%
4=20%
5=10%
D0= 5.50
D1= 8.25
D2=11.55
D3= 15.015
D4= 18.02
D5= 19.82
P4= 18.02/(0.18-0.10) = 225.25
5. A preferred share of LLC pays an annual dividend of 12%. It has a required rate of return
of 9 percent.
What is the value of the preferred share if LLC has issued $100 face value preferred
shares?