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A certain company;s cash flows are expected to grow at a rate of 20% for the next seven years before tapering off to a constant growth rate of 5% forever. The current year's cash flow is $35,000. If the firm's cost of capital is 25%, what should its fair market value be? Please show work
The fair market value is computed as shown below:
Cash flow at end of year 1 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 ) = $ 42,000
Cash flow at end of year 2 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )2 = $ 50,400
Cash flow at end of year 3 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )3 = $ 60,480
Cash flow at end of year 4 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )4 = $ 72,576
Cash flow at end of year 5 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )5 = $ 87,091.2
Cash flow at end of year 6 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )6 = $ 104,509.44
Cash flow at end of year 7 = $ 35,000 ( 1.20 )7 = $ 125,411.328
Cash flow at end of year 8 = $ 125,411.328 ( 1.05 ) = $ 131,681.8944
Fair market value would be computed as follows:
= Cash flow at end of year 1 / ( 1 + cost of capital )1 + Cash flow at end of year 2 / ( 1 + cost of capital )2 + Cash flow at end of year 3 / ( 1 + cost of capital )3 + Cash flow at end of year 4 / ( 1 + cost of capital )4 + Cash flow at end of year 5 / ( 1 + cost of capital )5 + Cash flow at end of year 6 / ( 1 + cost of capital )6 + Cash flow at end of year 7 / ( 1 + cost of capital )7 + 1 / (cost of capital )7 [ ( Cash flow at end of year 8 / (Cost of capital - growth rate ) ]
By feeding the above calculated numbers in the above mentioned equation, we shall get
= $ 42,000 / 1.251 + $ 50,400 / 1.252 + $ 60,480 / 1.253 + $ 72,576 / 1.254 + $ 87,091.2 / 1.255 + $ 104,509.44 / 1.256 + $ 125,411.328 / 1.257 + 1 / 1.257 [ ($ 131,681.8944 / ( 0.25 - 0.05 ) ]
= $ 346,862.5925
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