Greenlight Company Presentation
Doubling the Dividend
o If Apple doubled its dividend to $21.20 per share:
Pro Forma Dividend Yield
Pro forma share price
% premium to current
Implied P/E
4.00%
$530
18%
11.8x
Greenlight Capital, Inc.
4.25%
$499
11%
11.1x
4.50%
$471
5%
10.5×
o A stock with a low P/E that raises its dividend often remains a low P/E stock with
a more attractive dividend
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We believe that equity investors have to look to a wide range of valuation metrics and business
issues when valuing the common stock. The equity market is more interested in Apple's total
earnings, and the business issues that drive those earnings:
Will the company maintain market share and operating margins? Will they beat earnings estimates?
What new products will they introduce?
These issues will most likely dictate the common equity valuation and trump the dividend yield
metric.
Often when a stock with a low P/E introduces or raises its dividend, it just becomes a stock with a low
P/E and an attractive dividend.
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