Icarus Airlines is proposing to go public, and you have been given the task of estimating the value of its equity. Management plans to maintain debt at 28% of the company's present value, and you believe that at this capital structure the company's debtholders will demand a return of 8% and stockholders will require 11%. The company is forecasting that next year's operating cash flow (depreciation plus profit after tax at 21%) will be $66 million and that investment in plant and net working capital will be $28 million. Thereafter, operating cash flows and investment expenditures are forecast to grow in perpetuity by 4% a year. a. What is the total value of Icarus? b. What is the value of the company's equity? Note: For all the requirements, do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places. a. Total value b. Company's equity

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Icarus Airlines is proposing to go public, and you have been given the task of estimating the value of its equity. Management plans to
maintain debt at 28% of the company's present value, and you believe that at this capital structure the company's debtholders will
demand a return of 8% and stockholders will require 11%. The company is forecasting that next year's operating cash flow (depreciation
plus profit after tax at 21%) will be $66 million and that investment in plant and net working capital will be $28 million. Thereafter,
operating cash flows and investment expenditures are forecast to grow in perpetuity by 4% a year.
a. What is the total value of Icarus?
b. What is the value of the company's equity?
Note: For all the requirements, do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places.
a. Total value
b. Company's equity
Transcribed Image Text:Icarus Airlines is proposing to go public, and you have been given the task of estimating the value of its equity. Management plans to maintain debt at 28% of the company's present value, and you believe that at this capital structure the company's debtholders will demand a return of 8% and stockholders will require 11%. The company is forecasting that next year's operating cash flow (depreciation plus profit after tax at 21%) will be $66 million and that investment in plant and net working capital will be $28 million. Thereafter, operating cash flows and investment expenditures are forecast to grow in perpetuity by 4% a year. a. What is the total value of Icarus? b. What is the value of the company's equity? Note: For all the requirements, do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places. a. Total value b. Company's equity
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