Charles Jones is evaluating Reliant Home Furnishings by using a three-stage growth model. He has accumulated the following information:
· Current FCFF $745 million
· Outstanding shares 309.39 million
· Equity beta 0.90,
· risk-free rate 5.04 percent;
· equity risk premium 5.5 percent
· Cost of debt 7.1 percent
· Marginal tax rate 34 percent
· Capital structure 20 percent debt, 80 percent equity
· Long-term debt $1.518 billion
· Growth rate of FCFF
- 8.8 percent annually in stage 1, years 1–4
- 7.4 percent in year 5,
- 6.0 percent in year 6,
- 4.6 percent in year 7
- 3.2 percent in year 8 and thereafter
From the information that Jones has accumulated, estimate the following:
b) WACC. (1 marks)
c) Total value of the fi rm. (HINT: Use Supernormal Method with FCFF to find the Intrinsic Value) (2 marks)
d) Total value of equity. (HINT: InTrinsic Value from (c ) – Long term debt) (2 marks)
e) Value per share. (HINT: Total value of Equity / outstanding shares) (2 marks)
