Question 1. You are tasked with valuing of Variant Technology using the PEG ratio. Variant is trading at $24 per share and reported earnings per share of $ 2.00 over the last four quarters. Analyst consensus is that these earnings will grow 10% a year over the next 5 years. The rest of the sector trades an average PE ratio of 15 and sector earnings are expected to grow 12% a year over the next 5 years. a. Based purely on a comparison of PEG ratios, how under- or over-valued is Variant? b. Which of the following would he a good explanation for why Variant should have a lower PEG ratio than the sector? 1 Variant has a lower growth rate than the sector 11. Variant has a lower PE ratio than the sector iii. Variant is riskier than the average rm in the sector iv Variant has a higher return on equity than the sector v None of the above c. Now assume that you are told that Variant will he in stable growth after year 5, growing 3% a year forever. Variant is expected to have a return on equity of 12% and a cost of equity of 9% (for the next 5 years and beyond). Based upon these fundamentals, estimate the intrinsic PEG ratio for Variant