You are an analyst at a large firm. The Chief Financial Officer presents the following free cash flow data for ABC Corp (in millions of $).
Year Cash Flow
2010 1600
2011 2600
2012 3200
2013 3400
2014 2300
please calculate the:
- Geometric Total Return
- The Annualized Rate of Change
Then, the director asks you to make a 10 year cash flow forecast based upon the annualized rate of growth in cash flow.
Next, He asks you to calculate the NPV of the forecasted cash flows assuming an immediate investment cost of $19.8 billion.
To estimate the weighted average cost of capital, please use the following data points.
Market Value of Debt - $580,000,000 Market Value of Equity - $1,302,000,000
Current Yield to Maturity on Debt – 5.1875% Tax Rate – 35.2%
Expected Return on Market – 11.7% Current 10 year U.S. Treasury – 4.3% Beta – 2.41.