In: Economics
The head of the accounting department at a major software
manufacturer has asked you to put together a pro forma statement of
the company's value under several possible growth scenarios and the
assumption that the company’s many divisions will remain a single
entity forever. The manager is concerned that, despite the fact
that the firm’s competitors are comparatively small, collectively
their annual revenue growth has exceeded 50 percent over each of
the last five years. She has requested that the value projections
be based on the firm’s current profits of $3.7 billion (which have
yet to be paid out to stockholders) and the average interest rate
over the past 20 years (7 percent) in each of the following profit
growth scenarios:
Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to two
decimal places.
b. Profits grow at an annual rate of 4 percent.
c. Profits grow at an annual rate of 0 percent.
d. Profits decline at an annual rate of 4 percent.
Solution :-
(B)
Projection of Firms Current Profit (A) = $3.7 Billions
Growth Rate (g) = 4%
Interest Rate (i) = 7%
Present Value = A ( 1 + i ) / ( i - g )
= $3.7 ( 1 + 0.07 ) / ( 0.07 - 0.04 )
= $131.967 Billions
(C)
Projection of Firms Current Profit (A) = $3.7 Billions
Growth Rate (g) = 0%
Interest Rate (i) = 7%
Present Value = A ( 1 + i ) / ( i - g )
= $3.7 ( 1 + 0.07 ) / ( 0.07 - 0.00 )
= $56.56 Billions
(D)
Projection of Firms Current Profit (A) = $3.7 Billions
Growth Rate (g) = - 4%
Interest Rate (i) = 7%
Present Value = A ( 1 + i ) / ( i - g )
= $3.7 ( 1 + 0.07 ) / ( 0.07 - [ - 0.04 ] )
= $3.7 * ( 1 + 0.07 ) / 0.11
= $35.99 Billions
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