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You have been tasked with using the FCF model to value Julie’s Jewelry Co. After your initial review, you find that Julie’s has a reported equity beta of 1.7, a debt-to-equity ratio of .5, and a tax rate of 21 percent. In addition, market conditions suggest a risk-free rate of 6 percent and a market risk premium of 11 percent. If Julie’s had FCF last year of $50.0 million and has current debt outstanding of $125 million, find the value of Julie’s equity assuming a 3.5 percent growth rate in FCF. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Step 1 : Beta
Company's Beta = Equity Beta * [ 1 + Debt equity ratio * ( 1 - tax rate ) ]
= 1.70 * [ 1 + 0.50 * ( 1 - 0.21 ) ]
= 1.70 * [ 1 + 0.50 * 0.79 ]
= 1.70 * 1.395
= 2.3715
Step 2: Required return
Required return = Risk free rate + Market risk premium * Beta
= 6% + 11% * 2.3715
= 32.09%
Value of Firm = [ FCF0 * ( 1 + g ) / ( Re - g ) ]
= [ 50 million * ( 1 + 0.035 ) / ( 0.3209 - 0.035 ) ]
= 51.75 million / 0.2859
= 181 million
Value of equity = Value of firm - Value of debt
= 181 million - 125 million
= 56 million Answer