FINANCE Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management CHAPTER 12 PROBLEM 5
Currently, the dividend-payout ratio(D/E) for the aggregate market is 60 percent, the required return (k) is 11 percent , and the expected growth rate for dividends(g)is 5 percent.
a. Compute the current earnings multiplier.
b. You expect the D/E ratio to decline to 50 percent, but you assume there will be no other changes. What will be the P/E?
c. Starting with the initial conditions. You expect the dividend-payout ratio to be constant , the rate of inflation to increase by 3 percent, and the growth rate to increase by 2 percent. Compute the expected P/E.
d. Starting with the initial conditions, you expect the dividend-payout ratio to be constant, the rate of inflation to decline by 3 percent, and the growth rate to decline by 1 percent. Compute the expected P/E.