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Chapter 7, Problem 1LO
To determine

The price of the common stock

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The Common stock is the security which is issued by corporations to raise capital. Usually, people who purchase such securities are called stockholder. They are paid a dividend as income

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There are various models to determine the price of a common stock. These are as follows:

  1. The one-period valuation Model
  2. Under this model, the price of the stock is calculated only for a year period, i.e., an investor keeps a stock only for a year period.

    To value the stock today, the present discounted value of the expected cash flow(future payment) is calculated. The cash flow consists of dividend payment and sale price.

      P0=D1(1+ke)+P1(1+ke)

    where

    D1= dividend given by the corporation at the end of the year

    P0= Current value of the stock P1= the expected sales price of the stock

    Ke= The required return on equity

  3. The Generalized Dividend Valuation Model
  4. Under this model, the price of a stock is calculated for n-number of periods. The value of a stock today is the present value of the future cash flows. The only cash flow is a dividend and a final sales price when the stock is ultimately sold after n-period.
      Mylab Economics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For The Economics Of Money, Banking And Financial Markets, Business School Edition (my Econ Lab), Chapter 7, Problem 1LO , additional homework tip  1

    where

    Dn= dividend given by the corporation at the end of n periods

    P0= current price of a stock

    Pn= Price of stock after n-periods

    Ke= the required return on equity

  5. The Gorden-Growth Model
  6. This model estimated the price of the stock when corporations strive to give regular dividend at regular interval of time.

      Mylab Economics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For The Economics Of Money, Banking And Financial Markets, Business School Edition (my Econ Lab), Chapter 7, Problem 1LO , additional homework tip  2

    D0=the most recent dividend paid

    G= the expected constant growth rate in dividends

    Ke=the required return on an investment in equity

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