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As you can see in cell B34, we’ve taken the easy way out of the WACC
conundrum by choosing the average WACC of the four methods.
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4.12 Back to the Valuation—Sensitivity Analyses
As you’ve seen in this chapter, a valuation involves a tremendous amount
of analysis and a bewildering array of assumptions about the fi rm’s
future. Hopefully you’ve done a good job of analysis and you’ve guessed
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Shares outstanding (million) 168 <-- ='Page 137, 140, 141'!B36
Share price, end 2000 46.315
Equity value, E 7,791 <-- =B2*B3
Net debt, D 4,535 <-- =SUM('Page 137, 140, 141'!B23:B26)-'Page 137, 140, 141'!B3
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6.70% <-- ='Page 159, bottom'!B7
PPG's tax rate, T
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36.28% <-- ='Page 138, top and page 139'!B35
Market risk free rate, r
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0.51% <-- ='Page 159, top'!B6
Expected market return, E(r
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7.66% <-- ='Page 159, top'!B5
WACC based on Gordon per-share dividends and interest from financial statements
Stock price, 31dec00 46.31
Dividend, 2000 1.60
Anticipated dividend growth 6.88%
Cost of equity, r
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10.57% <-- =B13*(1+B14)/B12+B14
WACC 8.25% <-- =$B$4/($B$4+$B$5)*B15+$B$5/($B$4+$B$5)*$B$6*(1-$B$7)
WACC based on Gordon equity payouts and interest from financial statements
Total equity payout, 2000 518 <-- ='Page 152'!$F$11
Anticipated growth of this payout 11.91% <-- ='Page 152'!$F$13
Cost of equity, r
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13.34% <-- ='Page 156'!B20
WACC 10.00% <-- =$B$4/($B$4+$B$5)*B21+$B$5/($B$4+$B$5)*$B$6*(1-$B$7)
WACC based on classic CAPM and interest from financial statements
PPG beta 0.8672 <-- ='Page 158'!B2
Cost of equity, r
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6.71% <-- =B8+B25*(B9-B8)
WACC 5.81% <-- =$B$4/($B$4+$B$5)*B26+$B$5/($B$4+$B$5)*$B$6*(1-$B$7)
WACC based on tax-adjusted CAPM and interest from financial statements
PPG beta 0.8672 <-- ='Page 158'!B2
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6.68% <-- =B8*(1-B7)+B30*(B9-B8*(1-B7))
WACC 5.79% <-- =$B$4/($B$4+$B$5)*B31+$B$5/($B$4+$B$5)*$B$6*(1-$B$7)
Estimated WACC?
7.47% <-- =AVERAGE(B16,B22,B27,B32)
COMPUTING THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST
OF CAPITAL (WACC) FOR PPG
7. Our excuse: Between the two Gordon models, we defi nitely favor method 2, which uses
the total equity payout (which gives a higher cost of equity). But we also “really like”
the SML approach to the cost of capital, which gives a cost of equity more approaching
that of method 1. So . . . we’ll take the average and do some sensitivity analysis. Not
heroic, but safe.