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Eastern Electric currently pays a dividend of about $1.86 pershare and sells for $26 a share.a.If investors believe the growth rate of dividends is 2% peryear, what rate of return do they expect to earn on the stock?(Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answeras a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Rate of return% b.If investors' required rate of return is 15%, what must be thegrowth rate they expect of the firm? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent roundedto 2 decimal places.) Growth rate%c.If the sustainable growth rate is 4% and the plowback ratio is.8, what must be the rate of return earned by the firm on its newinvestments? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2decimal places.) Rate of return%