ESSENTIALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781260665857
Author: Ross
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Chapter 7, Problem 20QP
Finding the Dividend. Gontier Corporation stock currently sells for $53.95 per share. The market requires a return of 10.3 percent on the firm’s stock. If the company maintains a constant 4.9 percent growth rate in dividends, what was the most recent dividend per share paid on the stock?
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