Brandtly Industries invests a large sum of money in R&D; as a result, it retains

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Brandtly Industries invests a large sum of money in R&D; as a result, it retains and reinvests all or its earnings. In other words, Brandtly does not pay any dividends, and it has no plans to pay dividends in the near future. A major pension fund is interested in purchasing Brandtly's stock. The pension fund manager has estimated Brandtly's free cash flows for the next 4 years as follows: $2 million, $7 million,$8 million, and $15 million. After the fourth year, free cash flow is projected to grow at a constant 3% Brandtly's WACC is 15% the market value of its debt and preferred stock totals $40 million; and it has 12 million shares of common stock outstanding Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. a. What is the present value of the free cash flows projected during the next 4 years? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations. b. What is the firm's horizon, or continuing, value? Round your answer to the nearest cent. C. What is the firm's total value today? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations. d. What is an estimate of Brandtly's price per share? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

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A B C D Year 1 2 3 4 1 FCF 2 7 8 15 2 WACC 15% a) Present Value of Free cash flows during next four years $20.87 NPV(A2,A1:D4) b) Firms' Horizon or continuing value $128.75 FCF Year4*( 1 +g)/(Wacc-g) c) Firm value Today= PV of Cash flow for Years+PV of Horizon value $94.48 (20.87 +( 128.75/(1+15%)^4) d) Firm's value per share $7.87 firm   value today/no of shares outstanding

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