PFE, Chapter 6, Weighted average cost of capital page 15
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ABCD
g, growth rate of dividends
15.00%
Div
0
, current dividend
0.48
Div
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*(1+g), dividend anticipated in 2001
0.55 <-- =B3*(1+B2)
P
0
, stock price, 30 Sept. 2000
21.66
r
E
, Gordon dividend model cost of equity
17.55% <-- =B4/B5+B2
COURIER CORPORATION (CRRC)
Alternative 2: Making up a future growth rate of dividends
A final alternative to computing the cost of equity r
E
: Using the total equity payout
instead of per-share data
In some of the years 1995 – 2000, Courier purchased stock from its shareholders in open-
market repurchase transactions. Look at the data below:
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ABCDEF
Year ended
30 Sept
Dividend
per share
Total
dividends
Share
repurchases
Total equity
payout:
Dividends
+
repurchases
1995 0.27 793,000 0 793,000
1996 0.32 970,000 0 970,000
1997 0.32 969,000 882,000 1,851,000
1998 0.35 1,205,000 0 1,205,000
1999 0.40 1,354,000 455,000 1,809,000
2000 0.48 1,572,000 114,000 1,686,000
Growth rate 12.47% 14.67% 16.28% <-- =(E8/E3)^(1/5)-1
Stock price, 30 Sept. 2000
21.66
Number of shares, 30 Sept. 2000
2,938,000
Market value of equity, 30sep00
63,637,080 <-- =B13*B12
2000 total dividend
1,686,000 <-- =E8
Anticipated dividend growth rate 16.28% <-- =E10
Gordon model cost of equity, r
E
19.36% <-- =B16*(1+B17)/B14+B17
COURIER CORPORATION (CRRC)
Computing the Total Equity Payout
The data in column C are for the total dividend paid out by Courier (total dividend =
dividend per share*number of shares); in column D we see the amount of cash paid out to