Valuing a level perpetuity

A business pays out $100100 of cash flow at the end of every year, forever. If your required annual return (discount rate) is 16%16\%, what is the most you should pay for it today (in dollars)?

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  1. A constant payment forever is a perpetuity: PV=payment/rPV = \text{payment}/r.
  2. Here PV=100/0.16PV = 100/0.16.

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625

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