RLopez24
Oct 6, 2009, 03:55 PM
The next dividend payment by Carroll, Inc. will be $1.90 per share.  The dividendsare anticipated to maintaina 5.5 percent prowth rate, forever.  If the stock currently sells for $47.00 per share, what is the required return?
ArcSine
Oct 7, 2009, 05:25 AM
Use the Gordon-Shapiro model... 
 
 P\ =\frac{d_1}{r\ -\ g} 
 
... where P is the current stock price;  d_1  is the expected dividend one period away; g is the expected constant dividend growth rate, and r is the required return (aka market cap rate). In your case you'll solve for r.