Dividend Discount Model

Description
1. ASSUMPTIONS:


1. The Firm Is Expected To Grow At A Higher Growth Rate In The First Period.
2. The Growth Rate Will Drop At The End Of The First Period To The Stable Growth Rate.
3. The Dividend Payout Ratio Is Consistent With The Expected Growth Rate.


2. INPUTS NEEDED


1. Length Of High Growth Period
2. Expected Growth Rate In Earnings During The High Growth Period.
3. Dividend Payout Ratio During The High Growth Period.
4. Expected Growth Rate In Earnings During The Stable Growth Period.
5. Expected Payout Ratio During The Stable Growth Period.
6. Current Earnings Per Share
7. Inputs For The Cost Of Equity


3. HOW THE MODEL WORKS


The Expected Dividends Are Estimated For The High Growth Period, Using The Payout
Ratio For The High Growth Period And The Expected Growth Rate In Earnings Per Share.
The Expected Growth Rate Is Estimated Either Using Fundamentals:
Expected Growth = Retention Ratio * Return On Equity
Alternatively, You Can Input The Expected Growth Rate.
At The End Of The High Growth Phase, The Expected Terminal Price Is Estimated Using
Dividends Per Share One Year After The High Growth Period, Using The Growth Rate
In Stable Growth, The Payout Ratio In Stable Growth And The Cost Of Equity In Stable
Growth.
The Dividends Per Share And The Terminal Price Are Discounted Back To The Present At
The Cost Of Equity Changes.
If Your Cost Of Equity In Stable Growth Is Different From Your Cost Of Equity In High
Growth, The Cost Of Equity In The Second Half Of The Stable Growth Period Will Be
Adjusted Gradually From The High Growth Cost Of Equity To A Stable Growth Cost Of
Equity.


4. OPTIONS AVAILABLE


You Can Make This Model Into A Three Stage Model By Answering Yes To The Question
Of Whether You Want Me To Adjust The Inputs In The Second Half Of The High Growth
Period. If You Do, I Will Adjust The Growth Rate, The Payout Ratio And The Cost Of
Equity From High-Growth Levels To Stable Growth Levels Gradually.
You Can Also Make This A Stable Growth Model By Setting The High
Growth Period To Zero.