Answer:
The average dividend growth rate is 6.04%
Explanation:
Given;
annual dividends = $1.40, $1.55, $1.70, $1.73, $1.77
Using the growth divided formula given as;
Gi = (Di / Di-1) – 1 * 100
where Gi is the average dividend
Di is the initial dividend
Substituting, we have
G1 = (1.55/1.4) - 1 *100 =10.71%
G2 = (1.70/1.55)-1 * 100 = 9.68%
G3 = (1.73/1.70 -1 *100 = 1.76%
G4 = (1.77/1.73) -1 * 100 = 2.31
Average growth rate = (G1 +G2 + G3 + G4)/4
= 6.1%
For a compounded growth rate, we use the formula
where Df is the final dividend and Di is the initial dividend
Substituting, we have
Compounded growth rate = [(1.77 / 1.40)¹/⁴ – 1] * 100%
=( 1.264¹/⁴ - 1) * 100
=1.06038 - 1 * 100
=0.06038 * 100
= 6.04%