You were hired as a new analyst to project the value a new firm. Today...

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You were hired as a new analyst to project the value a new firm.

Today is June 2nd 2019. The company just paid an annual dividend yesterday (on June 1st, 2019) of $3.00 per share. You expect the companys dividend to grow at 15% for three years (2020, 2021, 2022). Following this, you expect the company to grow at a 10% rate for three years (2023, 2024, 2025). Finally, you expect the company to grow at a constant rate of 5% thereafter.

The equity beta of the company is 1.5, the risk-free rate is 2% and the expected return to the market is 10%. Assume the CAPM holds.

  1. According to CAPM, what is the appropriate discount rate?
  2. What should the price per share of Lancelot be, according to the dividend discount model? (Hint: what is the present value of the future expected cashflows?)
  3. If the current market value of the Lancelot Company is $65.75, what would you recommend? sell, buy, hold, not enough info?

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