A Three Stage FCFF Valuation Model with Declining Growth in Stage 2.

Charles Jones is evaluating Marathon Oil Company (NYSE: MRO) using a threestage growth model. He has accumulated the following information:

Current FCFF = $745 million

Outstanding shares = 309.39 million

Equity beta = 0.90, risk free rate = 5.04 percent, and equity risk premium = 5.5 percent

Cost of debt = 7.1 percent

Marginal tax rate = 34 percent

Capital structure = 20 percent debt, 80 percent equity

Long term debt = $1.5 18 billion

Growth rate of FCFF =

8.8 percent annually in Stage 1, Years 1 4

7.4 percent in Year 5,6.0 percent in Year 6,4.6 percent in Year 7

3.2 percent in Year 8 and thereafter

Using the information that Jones has accumulated, estimate the following:

1. WACC

2. Total value of the firm

3. Total value of equity

4. Value per share