This assignment requires you to calculate the growth rate in dividends for a company from list A and a company from list B.
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Description
Chose 1 company from List A and 1 from List B. Calculate the dividend yield and the payout ratio. Can you guess why we have two lists?
This assignment requires you to calculate the growth rate in dividends for a company from list A and a company from list B. Download the dividend data from Yahoo Finance. Calculate the annual dividend growth rate for the last 10 years. Based on the annual dividend growth rate for each company, will you forecast a constant or non-constant growth in dividends? Explain.
Instructions on how to get the data:
- Go to https://finance.yahoo.com/
- Type the company name or stock symbol in the search box;
- Select Historical Data
- Time period: 2010-2019; Show: Dividends only; Apply; Download
- Save the file in Excel and sort by date.
Repeat the above steps for the other company.
Please use Delta and Caterpillar, if possible.
