Question: You estimate that the free cash flows of a firm will be $2million, $10million, $18million and $20million over the next four years. You estimate that the cash flows will grow at 4% thereafter. You have calculated the cost of equity capital = 15.5% and the pre-tax cost of debt capital = 7%. The average tax rate is 20%, and the marginal tax rate is 40%. The firm is currently operating with a D/E ratio of 1.0, and the target D/E ratio is 0.30. Calculate the value of the firm.
A) $178.45 million
B) $160.60 million
C) $247.04 million