WorksheetsValuation Quiz 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which of the following is another name for the required return on a stock?
Dividend payout ratio.
Retention ratio.
Discount rate.
Value
Which of the following is equal to the present value of all cash proceeds received by a stock investor?
Dividend payout ratio.
Discount rate.
Value
Retention ratio.
Corporation B is a normal-growth company that expects to earn 13% on reinvested earnings. If the company pays 30% of its earnings as dividends, what will be the stock’s dividend growth rate?
17.0%
39.0%
3.9
9.1
Which of the following best describes the constant-growth dividend discount model?
It is the formula for the present value of a finite, uneven cash flow stream.
It is the formula for the present value of a growing annuity.
It is the formula for the present value of a growing perpetuity.
It is the formula for the present value of an ordinary annuity.
Which of the following do financial analysts consider least important when assessing the long-run economic and financial outlook of a company?
Expected return on equity.
Prospects of the relevant industry.
Expected changes in EPS.
General economic conditions.
Analysts commonly consider all of the following to be indicators that the market is overvalued except:
high average ratio of stock prices to corporate sales.
high average dividend yield.
high average price-to-book ratio.
The valuation of a common stock today primarily depends on
the number of shares outstanding and the number of its shareholders.
its expected future dividends and its discount rate.
Wall Street analysts.
the price to earnings ratio.
CK Company stockholders expect to receive a year-end dividend of $5 per share and then immediately sell their shares for $115 dollars per share. If the required rate of return for the stock is 20 percent, what is the current value of the stock?
$132
$122
$100
$110
Deluxe Company expects to pay a dividend of $2 per share at the end of year 1, $3 per share at the end of year 2, and then be sold for $32 per share at the end of year 2. If the required rate of return on the stock is 15 percent, what is the current value of the stock?
$28.20
$32.17
$32.00
$29.18
Casino Inc. expects to pay a dividend of $3 per share at the end of year 1 (Div1) and these dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6 percent per year forever. If the required rate of return on the stock is 18 percent, what is the current value of the stock today?
$25
$50
$100
$54
The constant dividend growth formula P0 = Div1/(r - g) assumes .
that dividends grow at a constant rate g, forever, and r > g only.
that dividends grow at a constant rate g, forever only.
r > g only.
g is never negative only.
Will Co. is expected to pay a dividend of $2 per share at the end of year 1(Div1), and the dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 4 percent forever. If the current price of the stock is $20 per share, calculate the expected return or the cost of equity capital for the firm.
10 percent
4 percent
14 percent
20 percent
One can estimate the dividend growth rate for a stable firm as:
(plow-back rate is the retained earning ratio)
plow-back rate/the return on equity (ROE).
plow-back rate - the return on equity (ROE).
plow-back rate + the return on equity (ROE).
plow-back rate × the return on equity (ROE).
Otobai Motor Company just paid a dividend of $1.40. Analysts expect its dividend to grow at a rate of 18 percent for the next three years and then a constant rate of 5 percent thereafter. What is the expected dividend per share at the end of year 5?
$2.35
$2.54
$2.91
$1.50
R&D Technology Corporation just paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. Analysts expect its dividend to grow at 24 percent per year for the next two years and then 8 percent per year thereafter. If the required rate of return in the stock is 16 percent, calculate the current value of the stock.
$1.11
$7.71
$8.82
$10.38
Generally, high growth stocks pay
low or no dividends.
high, steadily growing dividends.
erratic dividends.
decreasing dividends.
Universal Air is a no-growth firm and has two million shares outstanding. It expects to earn a constant $20 million per year on its assets. If it has no debt, all earnings are paid out as dividends, and the cost of capital is 10 percent, calculate the current price per share of the stock.
$200
$150
$100
$50
All securities in an equivalent risk class are priced to offer the same expected return.
True
False
The constant growth formula for stock valuation does not work for a firm with a negative growth rate (i.e., a declining growth rate) in its dividend.
True
False
It is not possible to value a firm that has a supernormal (variable) growth rate for the first few years of its life.
True
False
