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Problem - Beasley Ball Bearings paid a $4 dividend last year. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7 percent over the next four years. The required rate of return is 14 percent (this will also serve as the discount rate in this problem). Use Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.

a. Compute the anticipated value of the dividends for the next four years.

b. Calculate the present value of each of the anticipated dividends at a discount rate of 14 percent.

c. Compute the price of the stock at the end of the fourth year (P4).

d. Calculate the present value of the year 4 stock price at a discount rate of 14 percent.

e. Compute the current value of the stock.

f. Use the formula given below to show that it will provide approximately the same answer as part e.

g. If current EPS were equal to $5.89 and the P/E ratio is 20% higher than the industry average of 9, what would the stock price be?

h. By what dollar amount is the stock price in part g different from the stock price in part f?

i. With regard to the stock price in part f, indicate which direction it would move if:

1 - D1 Increases

2 - Ke Increases

3 - g increases