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.