Yellowstone is an oil company. It is planning to enter the stock market soon. The financial advisor of the company recommended that the company’s stocks could be valuated using the P/B multiples (Price = market price of stocks; Book value of stocks). Right now, the company has the following book values: 400 million in equity, 200 million in debt and 10 million in excess cash. Besides that, the company has 30 million shares outstanding and its WACC is 16.5% and your analysis suggest that the net debt market value will be 285 million. You are presented with the following table to value Yellowstone’s stock:
Industry | Oil exploration | Oil production | Sugar cane | Gold |
Average | $14,20 | $22,45 | $16,32 | $7,68 |
P/B ratio | 1,2 | 1,8 | 1,5 | 3,2 |
What should be the Yellowstone stock price?
A. 18,33
B. 19,67
C. 20,00
D. 37,86
Correct answer: C. 20.00
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