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A firm will make $5 in free cash flow next year and $8 in free cash flow two years from now. Then the firm’s free cash flow is expected to grow by 2% forever. The discount rate for the firm’s equity is 10%. What is a fair stock price for the firm?
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Fair stock of the firm is $ 95.45
As per discounted free cash flow method, stock price is the present value of future cash flow. | ||||||||
Step-1:Present value of cash flow of next 2 years | ||||||||
Year | Cash Flow | Discount factor | Present Value | |||||
a | b | c=1.10^-a | d=b*c | |||||
1 | $ 5 | 0.909091 | $ 4.55 | |||||
2 | $ 8 | 0.826446 | $ 6.61 | |||||
Total | $ 11.16 | |||||||
Step-2:Present value of cash flow after year 2 | ||||||||
Present value | = | D2*(1+g)/(Ke-g)*DF2 | Where, | |||||
= | $ 84.30 | D2 | = | $ 8 | ||||
g | = | 2% | ||||||
Ke | = | 10% | ||||||
DF2 | = | 0.826446 | ||||||
Step-3:Calculation of firm's stock price | ||||||||
Firm's stock price | = | $ 11.16 | + | $ 84.30 | ||||
= | $ 95.45 |