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Question 4 (13 marks) Wallace, a fund manager, is evaluating common stock value of Upbox Company,...

Question 4

Wallace, a fund manager, is evaluating common stock value of Upbox Company, a video conference platform provider. He decides to use Constant Perpetual Growth Model for the evaluation and obtains the following information related to Upbox Company and market:

Upbox Company

Market

⚫ Latest dividend per share paid: $1.5 ⚫ Earnings per share: $2.0
⚫ Book value per share: $12.5
⚫ Asset beta: 1.2

⚫ Debt-to-equity ratio: 60%
⚫ Tax rate: 25%
⚫ Existing share price of common stock: $20

⚫ Risk-free rate: 2%
⚫ Market risk premium: 8%

(a) Compute the following figures:

(i) Sustainable growth rate.
(ii) Appropriate discount rate.
(iii) Justified value per share.

(b) Determine and explain briefly whether Wallace should buy common stock of Upbox Company.

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Expert Solution

(A) (i) Sustainable growth rate = retention ratio * return on equity

dividend payout ratio = DPS/EPS = 1.5/2 *100 = 75%

retention ratio = 100-75 = 25% = 0.25

EPS = Book value per share * Return on equity

2 = 12.5 * return on equity

Return on equity = 2/12.5 * 100 = 16%

Sustainable growth rate = 0.25*0.16 = 0.04 = 4%

(ii) Discount rate using Capital Asset pricing Model = Risk free rate + Beta of asset ( return from market - risk free rate )

= Risk free rate + beta of asset ( Market risk premium)

= 0.02 + 1.2 ( 0.08) = 0.116 = 11.6%

(iii) Value per share using Gordon Model = D0(1+g) / ( Discount rate - growth rate )

1.5 (1+4%) / (11.6% - 4%) = 1.56 / 7.6% = $ 20.53

(B) Existing share price of the stock = 20

Fair price of stock = 20.53

20 (existing price of stock in the market) < 20.53 ( fair price)

The share of this company is undervalued and should be bought

(C) weak ness of constant perpetual growth model

- It's very rare for a dividend to have a constant growth rate in perpetuity. It does not take into account financial difficulties faced by a company

- In the formula, in denominator we have (discount rate - growth rate), if these values are equal this model will not be useful and if discount rate < growth rate denominator becomes negative, again rendering the model useless

- Exact calculation with respect to dividend, growth rate and discount rate are required for this model.

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