AN ANALYST GATHERED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT A COMPANY

61. An analyst gathered the following information about a company:

Current earnings per share $6.00

Current dividend per share $2.40

Current market price per share $35

Required rate of return on the stock 15.0%

Expected growth rate of earnings and dividends 8.0%

Which of the following statements best describes the company’s price-to-earnings ratio

(P/E)? Compared with the company’s trailing P/E, the P/E based on the Gordon growth

dividend discount model is:

A. the same.

B. higher.

C. lower.