TRANSACTION COMPS MODELLING WALL STREET PREP EXAM
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On January 1, 2014, shares of Company X trade at $6.50 per share, with 400 million shares
outstanding. The company has net debt of $300 million. After building an earnings model for
Company X, you have projected free cash flow for each year through 2020 as follows:
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Free Cash Flow 110 120 150 170 200 250 280
You estimate that the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Company X is 10% and
assume that free cash flows grow in perpetuity at 3.0% annually beyond 2020, the final
projected year. Estimate the present value of the projected free cash flows through 2020,
discounted at the stated WACC. Assume all cash flows are generated at the end of the year (i.e.,
no mid-year adjustment): - ANSWER-837 million
On January 1, 2014, shares of Company X trade at $6.50 per share, with 400 million shares
outstanding. The
company has net debt of $300 million. After building an earnings model for Company X, you
have projected free
cash flow for each year through 2014 as follows:
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Free Cash Flow 110 120 150 170 200 250 280
You estimate that the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Company X is 10% and
assume that free cash
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flows grow in perpetuity at 3.0% annually beyond 2020, the final projected year.
Calculate Company X's implied Enterprise Value by using the discounted cash flow method: -
ANSWER-2951.2 million
On January 1, 2014, shares of Company X trade at $6.50 per share, with 400 million shares
outstanding. The
company has net debt of $300 million. After building an earnings model for Company X, you
have projected free
cash flow for each year through 2014 as follows:
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Free Cash Flow 110 120 150 170 200 250 280
You estimate that the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Company X is 10% and
assume that free cash
flows grow in perpetuity at 3.0% annually beyond 2020, the final projected year.
According to the discounted cash flow valuation method, Company X shares are: - ANSWER-.13
per share overvalued
the formula for discounting any specific period cash flow in period "t"is: - ANSWER-cash flow
from period "t" divided by (1+discount rate raised exponentially to "t"
the terminal value of a business that grows indefinitely is calculated as follows - ANSWER-cash
flow from period "t+1" divided by (discount rate-growth rate)
the two-stage DCF model is: - ANSWER-where stage 1 is an explicit projection of free cash flows
(generally for 5-10 years), and stage 2 is a lump-sum estimate of the cash flows beyond the
explicit forecast period