General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is a large manufacturer and distributor of package consumer food products.

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General Mills
(NYSE: GIS) is a large manufacturer and distributor of package consumer food
products. Benoit Gagnon, a buy-side
analyst covering General Mills, has studied the historical growth rates in
sales, earnings, and dividends for GIS, and also has made projections of future
growth rates. Gagnon expects the current
dividend of 1.10 per share to grow at 6 percent for the next two years, and
that the growth rate will decline to 3 percent and remain at that level
thereafter.

The risk-free rate
is 4%, the market risk premium is 6%, and GIS’s beta, assumed to be 0.50.

Required:

Compute the value
of one share of GIS stock using Dividends Valuation Approach.


Shady Sunglasses operates retail sunglass
kiosks in shopping malls. Below is information related to the company:

(dollar amounts in thousands)

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Net Cash Flow from Operations

564

628

854

1059

1345

1655

Interest Expense after tax

122

134

148

145

155

148

Decrease (Increase) in Cash Required for
Operations

-75

-54

-48

-32

-61

-48

Net Cash Flow from Investing

-287

-300

-310

-285

-294

-277

Net Cash from Debt Financing

210

204

140

85

-40

-46

Present Value Factors (Re =
8.5%)

0.922

0.849

0.783

0.722

0.665

Common Shares Outstanding

in thousands

1,512

Required:

1.
Using the above information and assuming that steady-state growth of
FCFE in year 2019 and beyond will be 4%, calculate Shady Sunglasses’ current
stock value per share using FCFE valuation model. Remember to adjust the present value for
midyear discounting.

2. Using the above information and
assuming that steady-state growth of FCFF in year 2019 and beyond will be 4%,
and WACC = 8.5%, compute Shady Sunglasses’ current firm value per share using
FCFF valuation model. Remember to adjust
the present value for midyear discounting.

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