Question: Consider the table given below to answer the following question. Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Asset value 10.00 11.50
Consider the table given below to answer the following question.
| Year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Asset value | 10.00 | 11.50 | 13.23 | 15.21 | 17.03 | 19.08 | 21.37 | 23.29 | 25.39 | 27.67 | ||||||||||
| Earnings | 1.50 | 1.73 | 1.98 | 2.28 | 2.56 | 2.77 | 2.99 | 3.14 | 2.79 | 3.04 | ||||||||||
| Net investment | 1.50 | 1.73 | 1.98 | 1.83 | 2.04 | 2.29 | 1.92 | 2.10 | 2.28 | 2.49 | ||||||||||
| Free cash flow (FCF) | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.51 | 0.55 | |||||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.145 | 0.14 | 0.135 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||||||||||
| Asset growth rate | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||||||||||
| Earnings growth rate | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.09 | |||||||||||
Assuming that competition drives down profitability (on existing assets as well as new investment) to 14.5% in year 6, 14% in year 7, 13.5% in year 8, and 11% in year 9 and all later years. What is the value of the concatenator business? Assume 13% cost of capital. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)
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