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Dividend growth – MCQ q 19 December 2014 query

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FM Exams › Dividend growth – MCQ q 19 December 2014 query

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  • June 3, 2015 at 2:49 pm #252479
    Yazan
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    Hi sir,

    Just confused about why the normal dividend growth formula wasn’t applied to this question:

    A company has just paid an ordinary share dividend of 32·0 cents and is expected to pay a dividend of 33·6 cents in one year’s time. The company has a cost of equity of 13%.

    What is the market price of the company’s shares to the nearest cent on an ex dividend basis?

    Answer: MV = 33·6/(0·13 – 0·05) = $4·20

    Why are we not using Do(1+g) and just Do in the numerator?

    thanks,
    Yazan

    June 3, 2015 at 3:58 pm #252539
    John Moffat
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    By all means do, and you will get exactly the same answer!!

    (Strictly the numerator should be D1 (the dividend in 1 years time), despite the way the examiner writes the formula on the formula sheet.
    However usually (and certainly in this question), the dividend in 1 years time is the current dividend together with a years growth (i.e. Do (1 + g))

    Here is makes absolutely no difference how you show your workings.

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