Company ABC forecasts to have an earning per share of $8 next year. If the company distributes all its earnings to shareholders as dividends, it will provide investors with a 10% expected return. Instead, company ABC decides to plowback 35% of the earnings at the firm’s current return on equity of 20%. What is the value of the stock before and after the plowback decision?

Company ABC forecasts to have an earning per share of $8 next year. If the company distributes all its earnings to shareholders as dividends, it will provide investors with a 10% expected return. Instead, company ABC decides to plowback 35% of the earnings at the firm’s current return on equity of 20%. What is the value of the stock before and after the plowback decision?

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter15: Dividend Policy

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Problem 15P

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