Mini Case

Your employer, a midsized human resources management company, is considering expansion into related fields, including the acquisition of Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporarily heavy workloads. Your employer is also considering the purchase of Biggerstaff & McDonald $($B&M$),$ a privately held company owned by two friends, each with $5$ million shares of stock. B&M currently has free cash flow of $$24$ million, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of $5\%.$ B&M$$s financial statements report short$-$term investments of $$100$ million, debt of $$200$ million, and preferred stock of $$50$ million. B&M$$s weighted average cost of capital $($WACC$)$ is $11\%.$ Answer the following questions:

o$.$ Assume that Temp Force has a beta coefficient of $1\mathrm{.}2,$ that the risk$-$free rate $($the yield on T$-$bonds$)$ is $7\mathrm{.}0\%,$ and that the market risk premium is $5\%.$ What is the required rate of return on the firm's stock?

p$.$ Assume that Temp Force is a constant growth company whose last dividend $(D_0,$ which was paid yesterday$)$ was $$2\mathrm{.}00$ and whose dividend is expected to grow indefinitely at a $6\%$ rate.

$(1)$ What is the firm's current estimated intrinsic stock price?

$(2)$ What is the stock's expected value $1$ year from now?

$(3)$ What are the expected dividend yield, the expected capital gains yield, and the expected total return during the first year?