Problem Set # 4 – Stock Valuation Question # 1 According to the basic Dividend Discount model, the value an investor should assign to a share of stock is dependent on the length of time he or she...

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Problem Set # 4 – Stock Valuation Question # 1 According to the basic Dividend Discount model, the value an investor should assign to a share of stock is dependent on the length of time he or she plans to hold the stock. Is the above statement True or False? Please Explain. Question # 2 Projected free cash flows should be discounted at the firm's weighted average cost of capital to find the value of its operations. Is the above statement True or False? Please Explain. Question # 3 From an investor's perspective, a firm's preferred stock is generally considered to be less risky than its common stock but more risky than its bonds. However, from a corporate issuer's standpoint, these risk relationships are reversed: Bonds are the most risky for the firm, preferred is next, and common is least risky. Is the above statement True or False? Please Explain. Question #4 If a stock's dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year, which of the following statements is CORRECT? Briefly explain your choice. a. The stock's dividend yield is 5%. b. The price of the stock is expected to decline in the future. c. The stock's required return must be equal to or less than 5%. d. The stock's price one year from now is expected to be 5% above the current price. e. The expected return on the stock is 5% a year. Question # 5 Stocks X and Y have the following data. Assuming the stock market is efficient and the stocks are in equilibrium, which of the following statements is CORRECT? Briefly explain your choice. X Y Price $30 $30 Expected growth (constant) 6% 4% Required return 12% 10% a. Stock Y has a higher dividend yield than Stock X. b. One year from now, Stock X's price is expected to be higher than Stock Y's price. c. Stock X has the higher expected year-end dividend. d. Stock Y has a higher capital gains yield. e. Stock X has a higher dividend yield than Stock Y. Question # 6 A stock just paid a dividend of D0 = $1.50. The required rate of return is rs = 10.1%, and the constant growth rate is g = 4.0%. What is the current stock price? Question # 7 $35.50 per share is the current price for Foster Farms' stock. The dividend is projected to increase at a constant rate of 5.50% per year. The required rate of return on the stock, rs, is 9.00%. What is the stock's expected price 3 years from today? Question # 8 Gere Furniture forecasts a free cash flow of $40 million in Year 3, i.e., at t = 3, and it expects FCF to grow at a constant rate of 5% thereafter. If the weighted average cost of capital is 10% and the cost of equity is 15%, what is the horizon (terminal) value of operations, in millions at t = 3? Question # 9 Carby Hardware has an outstanding issue of perpetual preferred stock with an annual dividend of $7.50 per share. If the required return on this preferred stock is 6.5%, at what price should the preferred stock sell? Question # 10 Burke Tires just paid a dividend of D0 = $1.32. Analysts expect the company's dividend to grow by 30% this year, by 10% in Year 2, and at a constant rate of 5% in Year 3 and thereafter. The required return on this low-risk stock is 9.00%. What is the best estimate of the stock's current market value? Question # 11 Based on the corporate valuation model, Bizzaro Co.'s value of operations is $300 million. The balance sheet shows $20 million of short-term investments that are unrelated to operations, $30 million of long-term debt, $40 million of preferred stock, and $100 million of common equity. Bizzaro has 15 million shares of stock outstanding. What is the best estimate of the stock's price per share?
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Answer To: Problem Set # 4 – Stock Valuation Question # 1 According to the basic Dividend Discount model, the...

Ashish answered on Jun 19 2021
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    Solution-1
        FALSE
        Explanation:
        The Dividend discount model is not focuses on the in
dividual investor. Firms are consider as the going concern that is they will exist forever, Therefore, useind discount model consider that the
        company will give the dividend forever.
    Solution-2
        TRUE
        Explanation:
         The projected FCF should be discounted at the WACC of thefirm because the future cash flows will be discounted at the discount rate which will be determine at the WACC in order to arrive at the
         value of overall operations.
    Solution-3
        TRUE
        Explanation:
        As per the Investor analysis preferred stock is low risky than common stock because they get the fixed dividend in preferred stock but there is no certainty of dividend on common...
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