Question: The following information is given: Baseline ( last year ) sales: $ 2 0 0 million Sales growth rates ( net ) : Base year

The following information is given:
Baseline (last year) sales: $200 million
Sales growth rates (net): Base year =45% with a fade rate of 4% a year for years 1-10: (increasing sales due to sustained competitive advantage and a differentiated product)[source: Strategic Plan]. Fade rate is the rate of decline per year (each year) from a base year. It is cumulative
Sales growth rate after year 10 and forward: 5%(in year 11, the competition has caught up and the market has reached maturity)[source: Strategic Plan]. with no fade rate.
Profit margin: Base year =20%, with a fade rate of 1% a year for years 1-10: (during the period of competitive advantage, the firm can charge higher prices, but its profit margin slowly declines as competition increases)[source: Strategic Plan]
Profit margin in year 10 and going forward: 10%[source: Strategic Plan] with no fade rate.
Fixed capital investment rate: 20%(for every dollar of new sales, we need an additional investment in fixed plant and equipment of $0.20)[source: historical relationship]
Working capital investment rate: 10%(for every dollar of new sales we need an additional investment in inventories and receivables of $0.10)[source: historical relationship]
Cash tax rate: 21%[source: historical relationship]
Cost of capital: 12%[source: current yield on firm's debt and the cost of equity estimated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, weighted average based on the target capital structure]
Marketable securities: $15 million
Market value of firm's debt: $50 million
The firm has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding selling at:
Scenario 1= $40/share and
Scenario 2= $60/share.
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 The following information is given: Baseline (last year) sales: $200 million

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