In: Accounting
At the beginning of its fiscal year 2020, an analyst made the following forecast for ABC, Inc. (in millions of dollars):
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Earnings |
320 |
350 |
245 |
321 |
220 |
|
Dividends |
150 |
120 |
98 |
105 |
86 |
|
Book value |
890 |
Suppose these numbers were given to you at the end of 2019, as forecasts, when the book value was 890 million, as indicated and market price of the stock was $10.5 per share. Use a required return of 10 percent for calculations below. Show your working process.
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Information | |||||||
Book Value ($) | 890 million | ||||||
ROR | 10% | ||||||
Market Price | 10.5 | ||||||
Capital charge (890*10%) |
$ 89 M | ||||||
Answer to part (i) | |||||||
Residual Earnings | ($ million) | ||||||
Year | Earnings (PAT) | Capital Charge | Residual Earnings | ||||
2020 | 320 | 89 | 231 | ||||
2021 | 350 | 89 | 261 | ||||
2022 | 245 | 89 | 156 | ||||
2023 | 321 | 89 | 232 | ||||
2024 | 220 | 89 | 131 | ||||
ROCE | ($ million) | ||||||
Year | Earnings (PAT) | Common Equity | ROCE (%) | ||||
2020 | 320 | 890 | 35.96% | ||||
2021 | 350 | 890 | 39.33% | ||||
2022 | 245 | 890 | 27.53% | ||||
2023 | 321 | 890 | 36.07% | ||||
2024 | 220 | 890 | 24.72% | ||||
Answer to part (ii) | |||||||
Year | Particulars | Amount ($ million) | PV factor @ 10% | PV | |||
2020 | RE (earning-div) | 170 | 0.909 | 154.55 | |||
2021 | RE (earning-div) | 230 | 0.826 | 190.08 | |||
2022 | RE (earning-div) | 147 | 0.751 | 110.44 | |||
2023 | RE (earning-div) | 216 | 0.683 | 147.53 | |||
2024 | RE (earning-div) | 134 | 0.621 | 83.20 | |||
2024 | Market Value | = 134/10% = $ 1340 | 0.621 | 832.03 | |||
Value of firm at the end of 2019 | $ 1,517.84 | million | |||||
Answer to part (iii) | |||||||
If shares outstanding 220 Million, share price of ABC should be 1517.84/220 = $ 6.899 = $ 6.90/share approx. | |||||||
Answer to part (iv) | |||||||
As share is trading at $ 10.5/share i.e trading rich, so investor should not be purchased the share | |||||||