We Are Life Limited (WALL) has done it again by creating a vaccine for the novel corona virus. WALL is expected to pay a divideend of $2.45 next year after which dividends should enjoy growth of 15% for 2 years. Dividend growth is then expected to fall to 7% for 1 year before settling at a constant growth of 4% for the foreseeable future. The cost of capital is 24%.   i)Calcuate WALL's share price today (P0).  ii)Calculate the expected share price three years from today (P3). ii) Calculate the dividend yield for year 4.

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We Are Life Limited (WALL) has done it again by creating a vaccine for the novel corona virus. WALL is expected to pay a divideend of $2.45 next year after which dividends should enjoy growth of 15% for 2 years. Dividend growth is then expected to fall to 7% for 1 year before settling at a constant growth of 4% for the foreseeable future. The cost of capital is 24%.

 

i)Calcuate WALL's share price today (P0). 

ii)Calculate the expected share price three years from today (P3).

ii) Calculate the dividend yield for year 4.

 

PART B

Cohen and Company Limited (CAC) has three preferred stocks on the market, each with a par value of $90. The stocks has dividends and yield as presented in the table below. 

Name               Dividends      yield 

Series X                  8.0%           10.5%

Series Y                   7.2%            9.8%

Series 2                   6.5%             11.1%

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