The Bell Weather Co. is a new firm in a rapidly growing industry. The company is planning on increasing its annual dividend by 17 percent a year for the next 4 years and then decreasing the growth rate to 6 percent per year. The company just paid its annual dividend in the amount of $2.40 per share. What is the current value of one share of this stock if the required rate of return is 7.90 percent?

$196.91

Explanation:

The computation of the current value is shown below:

D1 = ($2.4 × 1.17) = 2.808

D2 = ($2.808 × 1.17) = 3.28536

D3 = (3.28536 × 1.17) = 3.8438712

D4 = (3.8438712 × 1.17) = 4.4973293

Now

Value after year 4 is

= (D4 × Growth rate) ÷ (Required return - Growth rate)

= (4.4973293 × 1.06) ÷ (0.079 - 0.06)

= 250.903635

Now the current value is

= Future dividend and value × Present value of discounting factor

=$2.808  ÷ 1.079 + 3.28536 ÷ 1.079^2 + 3.8438712 ÷ 1.079^3 + 4.4973293 ÷ 1.079^4 + 250.903635 ÷ 1.079^4

= $196.91

if you use only 25 for your entertainment and only 200 for the groceries that you really need and take out the 50 per month for the computer then that should be enough

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