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Dashboard BUAD 5317 - Valuation and Credit Analysis - Fall 2025
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Question text Estimating Share Value Using the DCF Model Following are forecasts of Target Corporation’s sales, net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), and net operating assets (NOA) as of February 2, 2019, which we label fiscal year 2018. Note: Complete the entire question in Excel and format each answer to two decimal places. Then enter the answers into the provided spaces below with two decimal places. [table] | Reported | Forecast Horizon Period | | | | Terminal $ millions | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Period Sales | $75,356 | $79,124 | $83,080 | $87,234 | $91,596 | $93,428 NOPAT | 3,269 | 3,402 | 3,572 | 3,751 | 3,939 | 4,017 NOA | 23,020 | 24,197 | 25,407 | 26,677 | 28,011 | 28,571 [/table] Answer the following requirements with the following assumptions: [table] Assumptions | | Terminal period growth rate | 2% | Discount rate (WACC) | 7.63% | Common shares outstanding | 517.80 | million Net nonoperating obligations (NNO) | $11,723 | million [/table] Estimate the value of a share of Target common stock using the discounted cash flow (DCF) model as of February 2, 2019. [table] | | Reported | Forecast Horizon | Terminal | ($ millions) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Period | Increase in NOA | | Answer 1CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 2CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 3CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 4CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 5CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | FCFF (NOPAT - Increase in NOA) | | Answer 6CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 7CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 8CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 9CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 10CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Present value of horizon FCFF | | Answer 11CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 12CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 13CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | Answer 14CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | Cum. present value of horizon FCFF | Answer 15CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | Present value of terminal FCFF | Answer 16CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | Total firm value | Answer 17CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | NNO | Answer 18CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | Firm equity value | Answer 19CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | Shares outstanding (millions) | Answer 20CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | | Stock price per share | Answer 21CorrectMark 1.00 out of 1.00 | | | | | [/table]
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The task presents a complex discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation for Target as of February 2, 2019, with a table of forecasts (sales, NOPAT, NOA) and assumptions (terminal growth, discount rate, shares outstanding, NNO). The user-supplied data also includes a long list of numeric placeholders labeled Answer 1 through Answer 21, which presumably correspond to specific intermediate calculations (e.g., FCFF by year, present values, horizon totals, terminal value, and equity per share). However, the provided JSON lacks the explicit text for each answer option. Below is a structured approach to understanding and evaluating each part, followed by notes on the given numeric values and how they would be checked in practice. I will keep the reasoning modular and varied in style to avoid a single rigid pattern, and I will insert line breaks to improve readability.
1) Re-state the core problem in my own words
- We are asked to estimate the value of a share of Target common stock using the DCF model as of 2 February 2019.
- The data give forecasted period values (for 2019–2022) and a terminal period with a terminal growth rate of 2% and a discount rate (WACC) of 7.63%.
- The forecasts include Period Sales, NOPAT, and NOA, plus a given NOA starting level and a modest non-operating obligation (NNO) value that reduces equity value.
- The analysis should compute FCFF as NOPAT minus the increase in NOA, discount those cash flows back to the valuation date, include the present value of the......Login to view full explanationLog in for full answers
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