Question: At the beginning of its fiscal year 2006, an analyst made the following forecast for General Mills, Inc., the consumer foods company, for 2006-2009 (in
At the beginning of its fiscal year 2006, an analyst made the following forecast for General Mills, Inc., the consumer foods company, for 2006-2009 (in millions of dollars):
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General Mills reported $6,192 million in short-term and long-term debt at the end of 2005 but very little in interest-bearing debt assets. Use a required return of 9% to calculate both the enterprise value and equity value for General Mills at the beginning of 2006 under two forecasts for long-run cash flows:
a. Free cash flow will remain at 2009 levels after 2009.
b. Free cash flow will grow at 3 percent per year after 2009.
General Mills had 369 million shares outstanding at the end of 2005, trading at $47 per share. Calculate value per share and a value-to-price ratio under bothscenarios.
2006 2007 2008 2009 Cash fow from operations $2,014 300 $2,057 380 $2,095 442 $2,107 470 Cash investment in operations
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