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A company is projected to have a free cash flow of $346 million next year, growing at a 6% rate until the end of year 3. After that, cash flows are expected to grow at a stable rate of 2.3% in perpetuity. The company's cost of capital is 9.4%. The company owes $92 million to lenders and has $16 million in cash. If it has 196 million shares outstanding, what is your estimate for its stock price? Round to one decimal place. (e.g., $4.32 = 4.3)
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
FCF | $ 346.00 | $ 366.76 | $ 388.77 | $ 397.71 | |
PVIF at 9.4% | 0.91408 | 0.83554 | 0.76374 | ||
PV at 9.4% | $ 316.27 | $ 306.44 | $ 296.92 | ||
Sum of PV of FCF - t1 to t3 | $ 919.63 | ||||
Continuing value of FCF = 397.71/(0.094-0.023) = | $ 5,601.55 | ||||
PV of continuing value = 5601.55*0.76374 = | $ 4,278.13 | ||||
Value of operations | $ 5,197.76 | ||||
Add: Cash | $ 16.00 | ||||
Less: Borrowings | $ 92.00 | ||||
Value of equity | $ 5,121.76 | ||||
Number of shares | 196.00 | ||||
Estimate of stock price | $ 26.13 |