How much does a dividend contribute to a stock price?

Posted by admin on October 12th, 2009 and filed under dividend | 3 Comments »

If the current stock price is $10.3; the contant growth rate is 3% per year and stock’s required return is 13%; and the Expected dividend in year 50 (D50) is 4.38, how much does that dividend contribute to the current stock price?

IBM Dividends 2000-9: http://www.ibm.com/investor/pdf/ibm_ir_dividends_2008_v2.pdf

A spreadsheet can help you estimate the answer to your question.

3 Responses

  1. Robert B Says:

    The companies are reducing and taking away dividend amounts, so we cannot trust dividends to contribute much to a stock price nowadays.
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  2. Space Invader101 Says:

    IBM Dividends 2000-9: http://www.ibm.com/investor/pdf/ibm_ir_dividends_2008_v2.pdf

    A spreadsheet can help you estimate the answer to your question.
    References :

  3. dk Says:

    people would hold the stocks if the dividend is attractive, contributing to less fluctuation of the stock prices, if the company is doing well
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