1. Company A has a current stock of $25 and is expected to pay a $ 0.2 dividend in one year. The equity cost of capital is 5%. what price would its stock be expected to sell for immediately after it pays the dividend?

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1. Company A has a current stock of $25 and is expected to pay a $ 0.2 dividend in one year. The equity cost of capital is 5%. what price would its stock be expected to sell for immediately after it pays the dividend?

2. Company B is expected to pay dividends of $1.75 every 6 months for the next 4 years. If the current price of Company B stock is $18.6 and Company B's equity cost of capital is 10%. What price would you expect the stock to sell for the end of 4 years?

3. Company C pays a dividend of $5 per share and is expected to pay this amount indefinitely. The equity cost of capital is 7%. What are the prices of the stock?

4. Stock is bought for $27 and sold for $30 1 year later, immediately after it has paid a dividend of $1.75. What is the capital gain rate for this transaction?

5. Company D is expected to pay a dividend of $3 once a year. It is expected to sell for $55 1 year from today. The equity cost of capital is 10%. What is the expected capital gain rate from the sale of this stock 1 year from today?

6. A stock is expected to pay $2 per share every year indefinitely. The current price of the stock is $25. The equity cost of capital for the company is 8.5%. What price would an investor be expected to pay per share 5 years into the future?

7. Company Z is expected to pay a $3.5 dividend at the end of this year. You expect Company Z's dividend to grow by 2.5% per year forever. Company Z's equity cost of capital is 13% What is the value of a share of Company Z's stock?

8. Company E has a dividend yield of 7.5% and a cost of equity capital of 2%. Luther Industries' dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate indefinitely. What is the growth rate of the dividends of Company E's stock? 

9. Company F will have earnings per share of $3.5 this year and expect that they will pay out $1.75 of these earnings to shareholders in the form of a dividend. Company F's return on new investments is 15% and their equity cost of capital is 15%. The expected growth rate for Company F's dividends is ________.

10. Company F will have earnings per share of $3.5 this year and expect that they will pay out $1.75 of these earnings to shareholders in the form of a dividend. Company F's return on new investments is 15% and their equity cost of capital is 15%. The value of Company F's stock is ________.

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