Dividend yield plus growth in dividend method

When the dividends of the firm are predictable to grow at a constant rate and the dividend payout ratio is constant, this technique may be used for calculating the cost of equity shares.

Where, Ke = cost of Equity capital, D = Expected dividend per share, g = rate of growth in dividends, MP = Market price of equity shares and NP = Net proceeds per share

Illustration:

A Co. plans to issue 1000 new shares of Rs.100 each at par.  The floatation costs are expected to be 5% of the share price. The co. pays a dividend of Rs.10 per share initially and the growth in dividends is expected to be 5%. (a) Compute the cost of new issue of equity shares. (b) If the current market price of an equity share is Rs.150, calculate the cost of existing equity share capital

Solution: (a)  K = D + g =        10  + 5% = 15.53%