Question: Answer the two assignment problems using Excel and show your work ( underlying formulas ) to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and topics presented

Answer the two assignment problems using Excel and show your work (underlying formulas) to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and topics presented in Unit 1.TaskYou have been asked to value Sonata Inc., a manufacturer of musical keyboards for computers. The company has estimated its free cash flows to equity and its cost of equity for the next 4 years:Year1234EPS$1.50$1.80$2.16$2.59FCFE-$2.00-$1.20$0.34$0.09The earnings per share are expected to grow 6% a year after year 4, and net capital expenditures are expected to decline 50% after year 4. Sonata currently has a Beta of 1.50 and no debt or working capital needs but expects its Beta to drop to 1.00 after year 4. The debt ratio will remain at 0%. The T-Bond rate is 4%.Using the above information, answer the following (assuming a 100% retention rate of earnings):Estimate the terminal value of equity per shareEstimate the value per share today.You have been asked to review the valuation of Santiago Cement, a small Peruvian cement company, by an M&A analyst, for acquisition by a US cement company. The analyst has estimated a value of 1 billion Peruvian Sol for the equity, based upon the expectation that the firm will generate 50 million Peruvian sol in cash flows (to equity) next year, growing at 5%(in sol) a year forever; mistakenly, he used the US companys dollar cost of equity in the valuation. To correct the valuation, you have been provided with the following information:The U.S. Treasury bond rate is 3% and Peruvian dollar denominated bond rate is 5%.Peruvian equities are 1.5 times more volatile than the Peruvian dollar denominated bond, Perus equivalent of the U.S. Treasury bond.The expected inflation rate in Peruvian sol is 6% and the expected inflation rate in US dollars is 2%.The typical Peruvian company generates 80% of its revenues in Peru, but Santiago Cement generates all its revenues in Peru.Using the information above, answer the following:Estimate the correct value of equity in Santiago Cement.SubmissionSubmit the answers to the above problems in an Excel document

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