In your paper, address the following five parts in a Word document:
• Create a table that illustrates the annual dividends per share paid by your selected company over the past 10 years. If the company has not paid dividends for 10 years, include as many years as available.
o Calculate the growth in annual dividends per share each year and include this annual growth rate in your table.
To find the dividends your company has paid in the past 10 years, review the BUS401 |Picking a Company that Pays Dividends video from Week 1.
o Calculate the average dividend growth rate over the following periods:
the most recent 10 years,
the most recent 5 years, and
the most recent 3 years.
o Summarize the trend in the dividend growth rates.
Have the dividend growth rates increased or decreased? By how much? Has the increase or decrease been steady or varied from year to year?
o Determine two distinct estimates of the future dividend growth rate for this company: a high-end growth rate and a low-end growth rate.
