What position would you take on Speculative Holdings?

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  • You are interested in Speculative Holdings which is currently trading at a market price of R4.2 per share. You expect it to achieve earnings next year of R3,420,000 and project a dividend next year of R0.137 per share. The firm has 10 million shares in issue and you estimate that you would requires a return of 12% on this investment. What position would you take on Speculative Holdings?                                                                                                        
  • You have collected the following information regarding Impi Industrial Corporation’s historical earnings per share

2012

R 12.36

2013

R 13.60

2014

R15.82

2015

R 17.80

2016

R 20.90

2017

R21. 78

Based on your analysis of Impi’s fundamentals you estimate that the firm’s earnings will continue to grow at its average historical growth rate for the next year but that in the following year, as a result of the launch of a new product the firm is currently developing, earnings will grow at a rate of 20% per year for two years. After this, you project that the earnings growth rate will decrease by 5% per year for the next two years, to its long-term sustainable rate. You project that the firm will maintain a 50% dividend pay-out ratio and that the appropriate market capitalisation rate for Impi Industrial Corporation is 15%. What action would you take if the firm’s shares are currently trading at R620 per share?    

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