The next dividend payment by Savitz, Inc., will be $2.34 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 4.5 percent forever. If the stock currently sells for $37 per share.

a. What is the required return?
b. What is the dividend yield?
c. What is the expected capital gains yield?

a. 10.8%

b. 6.32%

c. 4.5%

Explanation:

a. Required return= (Expected dividend payment/current stock price) + dividend growth rate

Required return= (2.34/37)+0.045

Required return= 0.108  ⇒ 10.8%

b. Dividend yield= dividend per share / price per share

Dividend yield= 2.34/37= 0.0632 ⇒ 6.32%

c. The capital gains yield refers to the rise in the price of the stock. In this case, the statement indicates that the dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 4.5 percent forever and according to the definition of capital gains yield that would be the answer for the expected capital gains yield.

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