Phoenix Corp. faltered in the recent recession but is recovering. Free cash flow has grown rapidly. Forecasts

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Phoenix Corp. faltered in the recent recession but is recovering. Free cash flow has grown rapidly. Forecasts made in 2016 are as follows.

Phoenix Corp. faltered in the recent recession but is recovering.

Phoenix's recovery will be complete by 2021, and there will be no further growth in free cash flow.
a. Calculate the PV of free cash flow, assuming a cost of equity of 9%.
b. Assume that Phoenix has 12 million shares outstanding. What is the price per share?
c. If the 2016 net income is $1 million, what is Phoenix's P/E ratio? How do you expect that P/E ratio to change from 2017 to 2021?
d. Confirm that the expected rate of return on Phoenix stock is exactly 9% in each of the years from 2017 to 2021.

Cost Of Equity
The cost of equity is the return a company requires to decide if an investment meets capital return requirements. Firms often use it as a capital budgeting threshold for the required rate of return. A firm's cost of equity represents the...
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Principles of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259144387

12th edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen

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