Reference no: EM13533

Consider the following data for ABC enterprises (all numbers in €):

• Today is January 1, 2013
• Income statement for 2012 shows:
  • Revenues for 500,000
  • Cost of Goods sold: 350,000
  • General & Administrative Costs 25,000
• Applicable tax rate = 35%
• Investment in working capital for 2013 is expected to amount to 20,000 and capex will be 40,000.
• Depreciation that same year has been estimated at 15,000.
• Evolution of the above magnitudes is expected to be the following:
  • Revenues is expected to grow at a rate of 5% until 2017
  • Cost of goods sold: 70% of revenues
  • G&A costs: 5% of revenues
  • Investment in working capital is expected to grow at a rate of 5% until 2017
  • Both CAPEX and depreciation are expected to follow the same growth rates which are: 4% until 2015 and 2% the two years after that.

With respect to the cost of capital, available data is the following:

• The firm's balance sheet shows 200,000 in financial debt which bears an interest rate of 5% and 500,000 in equity.
• Industry's average unlevered beta = 1.13
• Market risk premium = 7%
• Government bond with 20 years´ maturity stands at 3%

Forecast cash flows for 2013 - 2017, estimate the Residual Value and perform the corresponding firm valuation.