If a company announces a lower dividend than shareholders were expecting then shareholders are likely to expect the company is doing badly whether or not that is the case.
I do explain this in the free lectures that go with this chapter of the lecture notes.
Dear John, In question 2, the theoretical value per existing share, I calculated it as (share price before rights – TERP ), Therefore $3 – $2.65 = $0.35. As you can see, I get the same answer with a shorter calculation. Will this method work for all questions of this type, or was this just a coincidence? Thank you in advance.
Anonymous should have asked in the Ask the Tutor Forum, not as a comment on a lecture. I do not always see comments on lectures.
It is a coincidence. (And we never calculate ex-rights per existing share – it is meaningless. He was referring to the value of the rights per existing share.)
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Kay says
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John Moffat says
Great 🙂
red97hawk says
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3rd Question can anyone explain it to me???
John Moffat says
If a company announces a lower dividend than shareholders were expecting then shareholders are likely to expect the company is doing badly whether or not that is the case.
I do explain this in the free lectures that go with this chapter of the lecture notes.
sushanth12 says
80percent
annonymous says
Dear John,
In question 2, the theoretical value per existing share, I calculated it as (share price before rights – TERP ), Therefore $3 – $2.65 = $0.35.
As you can see, I get the same answer with a shorter calculation.
Will this method work for all questions of this type, or was this just a coincidence?
Thank you in advance.
Oxana says
Have you got an answer? I am interested too to know if this is just another way for calculation ex-rigths per existing share?
John Moffat says
Anonymous should have asked in the Ask the Tutor Forum, not as a comment on a lecture. I do not always see comments on lectures.
It is a coincidence. (And we never calculate ex-rights per existing share – it is meaningless. He was referring to the value of the rights per existing share.)