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Janet Ludlow’s firm requires all its analysts to use a two-stage DDM and the CAP

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Question

Janet Ludlow’s firm requires all its analysts to use a two-stage DDM and the CAPM to value stocks. Using these measures, Ludlow has valued QuickBrush Company at $63 per share. She now must value SmileWhite Corporation.

a. Calculate the required rate of return for SmileWhite using the information in the following table December 2010 Quick Brush 1.35 $45.00 $63.00 SmileWhite Beta Market Price Intrinsic Value S28 2 Note: Risk-free rate = 3%; expected market return = 15% Instruction: enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place Required rate of return b. Ludlow estimates the following EPS and dividend growth rate for SmileWhite: First three years: 114% per year Years thereafter: 112% per year Estimate the intrinsic value of SmileWhite in December 2010 using the table above and the two-stage DDM. Dividends per share in 2010 were $1 Instruction: enter your answer as a decimal number rounded to 2 decimal places YeaDividends 2010 $1.00 2011S 2012 S 2013 S 2014 S Intrinsic stock value in 2013: $ Intrinsic stock value in 2010: $

Explanation / Answer

quick brush

required rate of return

risk free rate+(market return-risk free rate)*beta

3+(15-3)*1.35

19.2

Smilewhite

required rate of return

risk free rate+(market return-risk free rate)*beta

3+(15-3)*1.2

17.4

Year

Expected dividend = current dividend*(1+r)^n

2010

1

2011

1.14

2012

1.2996

2013

1.481544

2014

1.659329

value of stock in 2013

expected dividend 2014/(required return-growth rate)

1.659329/(17.4%-12%)

30.72831

Year

Expected dividend

present value of cash flow = cash flow/(1+r)^n r= 17.4%

2011

1.14

0.971039

2012

1.2996

0.942917

2013

1.481544

0.915609

2013

30.72831

18.99041

intrinsic value of share in 2010

21.81998

quick brush

required rate of return

risk free rate+(market return-risk free rate)*beta

3+(15-3)*1.35

19.2

Smilewhite

required rate of return

risk free rate+(market return-risk free rate)*beta

3+(15-3)*1.2

17.4

Year

Expected dividend = current dividend*(1+r)^n

2010

1

2011

1.14

2012

1.2996

2013

1.481544

2014

1.659329

value of stock in 2013

expected dividend 2014/(required return-growth rate)

1.659329/(17.4%-12%)

30.72831

Year

Expected dividend

present value of cash flow = cash flow/(1+r)^n r= 17.4%

2011

1.14

0.971039

2012

1.2996

0.942917

2013

1.481544

0.915609

2013

30.72831

18.99041

intrinsic value of share in 2010

21.81998

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