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Cost of capital
2.4 Calculating growth rate
Two methods exist to calculate the growth rate (g) within the DVM calculation. They
are:
The averaging method (historic method)
The growth model based on retention of profits
The averaging method
d o
g = n – 1
d n
Where:
d o = current dividend
d n = dividend n years ago
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