FINA 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Consolidated Edison, Retention Rate, Retained Earnings

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Consolidated edison, inc. (con edison), is a regulated utility company that services the new york city area. Suppose con edison plans to pay . 30 per share in dividends in the coming year. If its equity cost of capital is 7% and dividends are e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted to g(cid:396)o(cid:449) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:1006)% pe(cid:396) (cid:455)ea(cid:396) i(cid:374) the futu(cid:396)e, esti(cid:373)ate the (cid:448)alue of co(cid:374) ediso(cid:374)"s stock. Firms want to maximize share price by increasing the dividend and dividend growth rate. There is a tradeoff because increasing growth will require investment which reduces funds to pay dividends. The dividend per share each year is equal to firm"s earnings per share multiplied by payout rate. A firm can increase its growth in 3 ways: If all increases in future earnings result from new investment made with retained. If all increases in future earnings result from new investment made with retained earnings, then we can examine tradeoff between dividends and dividend payout rate.

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