Hadley Inc. forecasts the year-end free cash flows (in millions) shown below. Year 1 2 3 4 5 FCF -$22.88 $38.6 $43.4 $52.3 $56.9 The weighted average cost of capital is 12%, and the FCFs are expected to continue growing at a 3% rate after Year 5. The firm has $24 million of market-value debt, but it has no preferred stock or any other outstanding claims. There are 20 million shares outstanding. Also, the firm has zero non-operating assets. What is the value of the stock price today (Year 0)? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations. $   per share

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Hadley Inc. forecasts the year-end free cash flows (in millions) shown below.

Year 1 2 3 4 5
FCF -$22.88 $38.6 $43.4 $52.3 $56.9

The weighted average cost of capital is 12%, and the FCFs are expected to continue growing at a 3% rate after Year 5. The firm has $24 million of market-value debt, but it has no preferred stock or any other outstanding claims. There are 20 million shares outstanding. Also, the firm has zero non-operating assets. What is the value of the stock price today (Year 0)? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round intermediate calculations.
$   per share

According to the valuation models developed in this chapter, the value that an investor assigns to a share of stock is dependent on the length of time the investor plans to hold the stock.

The statement above is -Select-truefalseCorrect 2 of Item 2.

 

 

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