20. Maroc Motors market cap is 200 billion dirhams. Next years free cash flow is...

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Maroc Motors market cap is 200 billion dirhams. Next years free cash flow is 9.7 billion dirhams. Equity analysts are forecasting that free cash flow will grow by 8.70% per year for the next five years. a. Assume that the 8.70% growth rate is expected to continue forever. What rate of return are investors expecting? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

b-1. Maroc Motors has generally earned about 10% on book equity (ROE = 10%) and reinvested 50% of earnings. The remaining 50% of earnings has gone to free cash flow. Suppose the company maintains the same ROE and investment rate for the long run. What will be the growth rate of earnings? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal places.)

b-2. What would be the rate of return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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