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Question 7

You are valuing a company that generated free cash flow of $10 million last year, which is expected to grow at a stable 3.0% rate in perpetuity thereafter. The company has no debt and $8 million in cash. The market risk premium is 8.4%, the risk-free rate is 2% and the firm’s beta is 1.4. There are 50 million shares outstanding. How much is each share worth according to your valuation analysis?

	1.	$2.75
	2.	$2.02
	3.	$2.07
	4.	$2.67
	5.	$2.31

Answer 1

The value is computed as shown below:

Required rate of return is computed as shown below:

= risk free rate + Beta x market risk premium

= 0.02 + 1.4 x 0.084

= 13.76% or 0.1376

The value of the firm is computed as follows:

= [ [ FCF last year (1 + growth rate) / [ (required rate of return - growth rate) ] ] + cash ] / Number of shares

= [ [ $ 10 million x 1.03) / [ (0.1376 - 0.03) ] + $ 8 million ] / 50 million shares

= $ 103.7249071 / 50 million shares

= $ 2.07 Approximately

So, the correct answer is option 3.

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