How much would you pay for this company?

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May 22, 2011
How much would you pay for this company?


Sales: $20 billion


EBIT: $4.6 billion


NI: $3.4 billion


Cash from Ops: $4 billion


FCF: $2.4 billion


Net Cash: $2.7 billion


Ok, you don’t know enough about the past performance. Check the table below for 3, 5 and 7 year growth rate…


CAGR Growth Rates

3 year

5 year

7 year

Revenue

49

57

65

EBIT

39

50

79

Net Income

38

56

82

EPS

41

58

80

Tangible Book value

26

29

22

Cash from Ops

36

93

81



You want your profitability metrics …here you go.


Profitability

2006

2007

2007

2008

2009

2010

ROA %

15.6

18.7

25.2

25.0

23.9

25.1

ROC %

19.3

22.4

33.6

34.7

32.5

35.1

ROE %

18.8

28.2

40.3

38.6

36.5

41.2

Margin Analysis

2006

2007

2007

2008

2009

2010

Gross Margin %

55.2

54.6

51.3

46.1

44.0

44.3

EBIT Margin %

29.9

26.6

28.8

24.6

23.5

23.3

NI Margin %

18.1

20.8

21.5

17.1

16.4

17.1

FCF Margin %

-1.4%

15.8%

20.4%

5.6%

13.5%

14.9%



I have not provided small facts like the name of the company, its industry, its competitors, its products, its location, its management etc. I understand that without this information it is impossible to value the company in reality. But, I just want to see based on numbers alone ( I think I provided a lot of numbers) what kind of Market Cap you guys come up for this company. Its just a fun exercise.


I look forward to your answers.