Use the following assumptions to answer the questions below: (1) Operating ratios remain unchanged. (2) Sales will grow by 10%, 8%, 5% for the next four years. (3) The target weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 9%. This is the No Change scenario because operations remain unchanged.

1. For each of the next four years, forecast the following items: sales, cash, accounts receivable, inventories, net fixed assets, accounts payable & accruals, operating costs (excluding depreciation), deprecation, and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).

1. Using the previously forecasted items, calculate for each of the next four years the net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT), net operating working capital, total operating capital, free cash flow, (FCF), annual growth rate of the FCF, and return on investment capital. What does the forecasted free cash flow in the first year imply about the need for external financing? Compare the forecasted ROIC with the WACC. What does this imply about how well the company is performing?

1. Assume the FCF will continue to grow at a rate for the last year in the forecast horizon (5% hint given). What is the horizon value at 2017? What is the present value of the horizon value? What is the present value of the FCF? (Hint: Said to use the free cash flows for 2014 through 2017.) What is the current value of the operations? Using the information from the 2013 financial statements, what is the current estimated intrinsic stock price?

Use the following assumptions to answer the questions below: (1) Operating ratios remain unchanged. (2) Sales will grow by 10%, 8%, 5% for the next four years. (3) The target weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 9%. This is the No Change scenario because operations remain unchanged. 1. For each of the next four years, forecast the following items: sales, cash, accounts receivable, inventories, net fixed assets, accounts payable & accruals, operating costs (excluding depreciation), deprecation, and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). 2. Using the previously forecasted items, calculate for each of the next four years the net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT), net operating working capital, total operating capital, free cash flow, (FCF), annual growth rate of the FCF, and return on investment capital. What does the forecasted free cash flow in the first year imply about the need for external financing? Compare the forecasted ROIC with the WACC. What does this imply about how well the company is performing? 3. Assume the FCF will continue to grow at a rate for the last year in the forecast horizon (5% hint given). What is the horizon value at 2017? What is the present value of the horizon value? What is the present value of the FCF? (Hint: Said to use the free cash flows for 2014 through 2017.) What is the current value of the operations? Using the information from the 2013 financial statements, what is the current estimated intrinsic stock price?