Question

208 PART 2 Financial Tools for Firms and Investors 65 7-15 Common stock value-Variable-growth model Florence Industries' most! recent annual dividend was $1.80 per share (D = $1.80), and the firm's required return is 11%. Find the market value of Florence's shares when: a. Dividends are expected to grow at 8% annually for 3 years, followed by a 5% constant annual growth rate in years 4 to infinity. b. Dividends are expected to grow at 8% annually for 3 years, followed by 0% constant annual growth rate in years 4 to infinity. c. Dividends are expected to grow at 8% annually for 3 years, followed by a 10% constant annual growth rate in years 4 to infinity. 7-16 Common stock value-All growth models You are evaluating the potential purchase of a small business currently generating $42,500 of after-tax cash flow (D, = $42,500). On the basis of a review of similar-risk investment opportuni- ties, you must earn an 18% rate of return on the proposed purchase. Because you are relatively uncertain about future cash flows, you decide to estimate the firm's value using several possible assumptions about the growth rate of cash flows. a. What is the firm's value if cash flows are expected to grow at an annual rate of 0% from now to infinity? b. What is the firm's value if cash flows are expected to grow at a constant annual rate of 7% from now to infinity? c. What is the firm's value if cash flows are expected to grow at a of 12% for the first 2 yearfi

Letter A only

Answer 1

7.15
a
=1.8*(1.08/1.11)+1.8*(1.08/1.11)^2+1.8*(1.08/1.11)^3+1.8*(1.08/1.11)^3*1.05/(11%-5%)
=34.12768

7.16
a
=42500/18%
=236111.11111