£4.10,
£4.11.
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A Discounted Cash Flow Valuation: General Mills, Inc, (Medium)
At the beginning of its fiseal year 2006, an analyst made the following forecast
for General Mills, Ine., the consumer foods company, for 2006-2009 (in millions of
dollars):
2006 2007 2008 2009
Cash flow from operations $2,014 $2,057 $2,095 $2,107
Cash investment in operations 300 380 442 470
General Mills reported $6,192 million in short-term and long-term debt at the end of 2005
but very little in interest-bearing debt assets. Use a required return of 9 percent to calculate
both the enterprise value and equity value for General Mills at the beginning of 2006 under
two forecasts for long-run cash flows:
a. Free cash flow will remain at 2009 levels after 2009.
b, Free cash Mow will grow at 3 percent per year after 2009,
Gencrat Mills had 369 million shares outstanding at the end of 2005, trading at $47 per
share. Calculate value per share and a valuc-to-price ratio under both scenarios.
Real World Connection
Sce Exercises E1.5, £2.9, £3.8, E6.8, El 1.9, E13.9, E14.15, £15.6, and E16.10,
Free Cash Flow for General Motors (Medium)
For the first nine months of 2005, General Motors Corporation reported the foliowing in its
cash flow statement. GM runs an automobile operation supported by a financing arm, and
hoth activities are reflected in these statements,