You have been recently appointed as an Analyst at Ethos Private Equity, you have been given the task to value the shares of their portfolio company, Footgear well known sports apparel store. The relevant information about Footgear is reproduced below. Because the shares of Footgear are not publicly traded, the beta of equity cannot be estimated from past prices but the comparable listed firms in Exhibit 2 can be used for this purpose. Footgear growth rate in earnings is expected to equal the sustainable growth rate and performance is not expected to deviate significantly from current levels for the next four years. Thereafter, the growth rate is expected to be 5% forever.

Table 1:

Current Numbers:
Earnings per share = R 3.60	Net Income (R000s) = 360
Dividends per share = R 1.50	Interest Expenses (R000s) = 100
Market price per share = R 25	Book Value of Debt (R000s) = 1,000
Number of shares (000s) = 100	Book Value of Equity (R000s) = 1,500
Market Value of Debt (R000s) = 1,250	Tax Rate = 28%

Table 2:

Firm	Beta	Debt/Equity Ratio
Total Sports	1.05	20%
Sportscene	1.2	50%
Sportsmanwarehouse	0.9	10%
Mr Price Sports	1.35	70%

1. What is the expected growth rate in earnings per share for the next four-year period (1 mark)
2. What will the price per share be at the end of year 4? (4 marks)
3. What is the current value per share using the dividend discount model? (10 marks)