Question

Dean Brothers Inc. recently reported net income of $1,500,000. The company has 300,000 shares of common stock. The stock currently trades at $60 a share. The company continues to expand and anticipates that one year from now its net income will be $2,500,000. Over the next year the company also anticipates issuing an additional 100,000 shares of stock, so that one year from now the company will have 400,000 shares of common stock. Assuming the company's price/earnings ratio remains at its current level, what will be the company's stock price one year from now?

Answer 1

Answer:

$75

Explanation:

The formula to compute the price -earning ratio is shown below:

Price earning ratio = Market price ÷ Earning per share

where,

Market price is $60

And the earning per share is

= ($1,500,000 ÷ 300,000 shares)

So, price earning ratio is 12

Now the company stock price is

$12 = Stock price ÷ (2,500,000 ÷ 400,000)

So, Stock price is $75