Hi-Tek is a young start-up company that is currently retaining all of its earnings. The company plans to pay a $2 per share dividend in Year 7 and increase that dividend by 2.2 percent per year thereafter. What is the current share price if the required return is 16 percent? a) $5.95 b) $6 62 c) $8.59 d) $14 29

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

Given that,

Dividend pay in year 7, D7 = $2 per share

Growth rate of dividend, g = 2.2 percent per year

Required return, ke = 16 percent

Present value of the future dividend at year 6:

= D7 : (ke - g)

= $2 : (0.16 - 0.022)

= $14.49

Therefore, the present value of dividend now is as follows;

= Present value of the future dividend at year 6 * (1 + ke) ^{-6}

= $14.49 * (1 + 0.16) ^{-6}

= $5.95