Dividends and Stock Price The Mann Company belongs to a risk class for which k the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent. Mann currently has 150,000 outstanding shares selling at S120 each. The firm is contemplating the declaration of a $5 dividend at the end of the fiscal year that just began. Assume there are no taxes on dividends. Answer the following questions based on the Miller and Modigliani model, which is discussed in the text.
a. What will be the price of the stock on the ex-dividend date if the dividend is declared?
b. What will be the price of the stock at the end of the year if the dividend is not declared?
c. If Mann makes S3 million of new investments at the beginning of the period, earns net income of S1.4 million, and pays the dividend at the end of the year, how many shares of new stock must the firm issue to meet its funding needs?
d. Is it realistic to use the MM model in the real world to value stock? Why or why not?
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