In: Finance
Worldwide Inc., a large conglomerate, has decided to acquire another firm. Analysts are forecasting a period (2 years) of extraordinary growth (15 percent), followed by another 2 years of unusual growth (10 percent), and finally a normal (sustainable) growth rate of 6 percent annually. If the last dividend was D0 = $1.00 per share and the required return is 8 percent, what should the market price be today
rate | 8.0000% | |
Cash flows | Year | Discounted CF= cash flows/(1+rate)^year |
- | 0 | - |
1.15 | 1 | 1.06 |
1.32 | 2 | 1.13 |
1.45 | 3 | 1.15 |
1.60 | 4 | 1.18 |
84.81 | 4 | 62.34 |
terminal value = 1.60*1.06/(0.08-0.06) = 84.61
market price today = 66.87