Great Lakes Health Care common stock offers an expected total return of 9.2 percent. The last annual dividend was $2.10 a share. Dividends increase at a constant 2.6 percent per year. What is the dividend yield?

A. 3.75 percent

B. 4.20 percent

C. 4.55 percent

D. 5.25 percent

E. 6.60 percent

Respuesta :

Answer:

E. 6.60 percent

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Great Lakes Health Care common stock offers an expected total return of 9.2 percent. The last annual dividend was $2.10 a share. Dividends increase at a constant 2.6 percent per year.

We will use total return formula to answer our given problem.

[tex]\text{Total return}=\text{Dividend yield}+\text{Growth rate}[/tex]

Upon substituting our given values in above formula, we will get:

[tex]9.2\%=\text{Dividend yield}+2.6\%[/tex]

[tex]\text{Dividend yield}=9.2\%-2.6\%[/tex]

[tex]\text{Dividend yield}=6.6\%[/tex]

Therefore, the dividend yield would be 6.60% and option E is the correct choice.