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Using the free cash flow valuation model to price an IPO Personal Finance Problem Assume that it is the end of year 2015 and you have an opportunity to buy the stock of CoolTech, Inc., an IPO being offered for
$4.33
per share. Although you are very much interested in owning the company, you are concerned about whether it is fairly priced. To determine the value of the shares, you have decided to apply the free cash flow valuation model to thefirm's financial data that you've developed from a variety of data sources. The key values you have compiled are summarized in the following table,
Free cash flow |
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Year (t) |
FCF |
Other data |
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2016 |
$750,000 |
Growth rate of FCF, beyond 2019 to
infinityequals=5 % |
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2017 |
$900,000 |
Weighted average cost of
capitalequals=13 % |
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2018 |
$990,000 |
Market value of all
debtequals=$2,300,000 |
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2019 |
$1,090,000 |
Market value of preferred
stockequals=$920,000 |
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Number of shares of common stock to be
issuedequals=1,100,000 |
.
a. Use the free cash flow valuation model to estimate CoolTech's common stock value per share.
a. The value of CoolTech's entire company is
$ 11,497,477
The value per share of CoolTech's common stock is
$ ? nothing.
(Round to the nearest cent.)