22 Jul WHAT DOES THIS INDICATE IN GENERAL ABOUT THE GORDON GROWTH MODEL?
Before Nations Bank was bought by Bank of America Tina Brown was c Show more Stock Valuation Gordon Model Before Nations Bank was bought by Bank of America Tina Brown was considering the purchase of Nations Banks common stock. Given Nations Banks recent merger with the Southeastern powerhouse Bank South and talks of penetration into the Florida market via a takeover of Barnett Bank Tina felt Nations Bank would be a solid buy and hold as it continued to increase its market share through aggressive growth by acquisition. While Tina was convinced she wanted to own Nations Bank with all the price volatility surrounding the recent speculations she was not sure if the price was above or below the e stocks intrinsic value. She decided to derive the price of Nations Banks common stock by using the Gordon Growth Model (Constant Growth Model). To use the Gordon Growth Model Tina had to first calculate Nations Banks required rate of return on their common stock. The risk free rate as proxied by the yield on a three month Treasury Bill was 6%. The return on the market as proxied by the return on the Standard and Poors 500 (S&P 500) was 10%. Nations Bank had a beta of 1.75. Past dividend payments also had to be known. Tina was not sure how far back into the future she should go to retrieve the dividend payment information so she arbitrarily stopped in 1987. Between 1987 and 1990 Nations Bank seemed to have very different payout amounts. Not fully understanding the reasons behind these differences Tina decided to consider two periods for analysis: from 1987-1995 and from 1990-1995. The dividend information that Tina recovered is shown below in Table 1. Table 1: Year Dividends 1995 $2.00 ($1.00 through June 1995) 1994 $1.88 1993 $1.64 1992 $1.51 1991 $1.48 1990 $1.42 1989 $1.10 1988 $0.94 1987 $0.86 Questions: 1. Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) what was Nations Banks required rate of return on common stock? 2. Consider the first time period from 1987-1995. Use the Gordon Growth Model to determine the price of Nations Banks common stock. 3. Consider the second time period from 1990-1995. Use the Gordon Growth Model to determine the price of Nations Banks common stock. 4. The answers for questions 2 and 3 are very different. What does this indicate in general about the Gordon Growth Model? (HintThe observed market price of Nations Banks common stock is $70.25.) 5. What effect does the stock s required rate of return have on the calculation of its stock price when using the Gordon Growth Model? Show less
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