Intermediate Financial Management
Intermediate Financial Management
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Author: Brigham, Eugene F., Daves, Phillip R.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 12P

Calculation of gL and EPS

Spencer Supplies’s stock is currently selling for $60 a share. The firm is expected to earn $5.40 per share this year and to pay a year-end dividend of $3.60.

  1. a. If investors require a 9% return, what rate of growth must be expected for Spencer?
  2. b. If Spencer reinvests earnings in projects with average returns equal to the stock’s expected rate of return, then what will be next year’s EPS? [Hint: gL = ROE × Retention ratio.)
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