Reference no: EM133650070
Question
1) Assume you are a financial manager, managing your client investment. Your client has three options of investment as presented below.
Investment 1 : YangLang Inc's common stock current dividend (Do) is RM0.40, and is expected to grow at a rate of 6% annually.
Investment 2 : Alamanda Inc's dividend will grow at a rate of 40% this year, 25% next year, 23% and 10% thereafter. The current dividend (Do) is RM0.80.
Investment 3 : Chamomile Inc's preferred stock pays a RM2.75 dividend.
From the above information you are required to:
i) determine the price of today's stocks for each, if the required rate of return is 15%,
ii) based on your answer in part (a) recommend which stock is the best for your client to invest in. Explain your recommendation.
2) Rose and Petal bonds, have a coupon rate of 8% and a par value of RMI 000, and will mature in 20 years. If you require a return of 7%, what price would you be willing to pay for the bond?