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a) UEN Group Berhad, YTC Corporation berhad, and Gomudi Berhad are the leading construction companies in Malaysia

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a) UEN Group Berhad, YTC Corporation berhad, and Gomudi Berhad are

the leading construction companies in Malaysia. Each company will pay a dividend of $2.35 and has a growth of 5%. The required return for each corporation are shown below:-
Corporation Required return
UEN Group Berhad 8%
YTC Corporation Berhad 11%
Gomudi Berhad 14%


You are required to:
i) Calculate the stock price for each company.
ii) Comment on stock price and required return relationship referring to your calculation above.


b) Suppose a corporation's stock is currently sells for $47 per share and the required return on the stock is 11%. Besides, the total return on stock is equally divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If the corporation's policy is to achieve constant growth rate in its dividends, determine the current dividend per share.


c) WCW Berhad has outstanding $1,000 par value 4% coupon bonds that make semi-annual payments, and have 10 years remaining to maturity. If the current price for these bonds is $938.57, compute its annualized yield to maturity.


d) The MRBB Berhad has a bond currently outstanding. It has a face value of $20,000 and matures in 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first 6 years, then pays $1,200 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $1,500 every six months over the last six years. If the required return on this bond is 12 percent compounded semi-annually, determine its current price.