1. At the beginning of its fiscal year 2020, an analyst made the following forecast...

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1. At the beginning of its fiscal year 2020, an analyst made the following forecast for Greenfield, Inc. (in millions of dollars):

2020

2021

2022

2023

Cash flow from operation

$1,234

$2,568

$3,755

$2,100

Cash investment

428

489

502

756

Greenfield has a net debt of $1,950 at the end of 2019. Assume that free cash flow will grow at 4 percent per year in 2024 and 2025, after that this will grow at 5 percent per year. Greenfield had 425 million shares outstanding at the end of 2019, trading at $72.5 per share. Using a required return of 9 percent, calculate the following for Greenfield at the beginning of 2020 (You have to fill in the table below, and also show your working process):

  1. The enterprise value

[5 marks]

  1. Equity value

[2 mark]

  1. Equity value per share

[1 mark]

  1. Based on your estimate, should investors buy the share of this company?

[1 mark]

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Cash flow from operation

Cash investment

Free cash flow

Discount rate

PV of FCF

Total PV till 2023

Continuing value (CV)

PV of CV

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