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Build a two-variable table showing the value of a company whose after-tax profit is $1,000 for different values of g and ROIC. Assume r, the discount rate, is 10%.
ROIC (horizontal axis): between 6% and 16% (increments of 2%) g (vertical axis): between 0 and 8% (increments of 2%)
Use Excel’s Data Table function in the Data/What-if Analysis tab
Questions:
1. What do you notice when g increases? Explain.
2. What happens when r = ROIC? Why is that so?
1) It is seen that as g increases the value of the firm decreases when ROIC is below the discount rate, while the value increases when ROIC is greater than the discount rate . So any situation when ROIC is less than the discount rate is value destroying for the company while it is value creating once the ROIC> WACC
2)
When r = ROIC =10% , we find that the value of the company remains constant irrespective of the growth rate of the company. This is because, the value for a company comes only when the returns exceed the cost and when it is equal to the cost, there is indifference in the value of the firm.
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