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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Equity Valuation and Analysis As of ...

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Once we found both long-run return on equity <strong>and</strong> long-run growth <strong>of</strong>equity, we plugged these numbers into the following equation:Value <strong>of</strong> Firm= BVE (1+((LR Return on <strong>Equity</strong> – K e /( K e - LR Growth <strong>of</strong> <strong>Equity</strong>))We then divided by the amount <strong>of</strong> outst<strong>and</strong>ing shares we have at the moment,226, to get our individual price per share. Our price per share through thismodel came out to be about $14.54 for January 2007. We then grew thisnumber to June 2007 in the amount <strong>of</strong> $15.33.This amount definitely shows that J. C. <strong>Penney</strong> is overvalued. Within oursensitivity analysis, by manipulating the numbers, J. C. <strong>Penney</strong> was, for the mostpart, overvalued no matter if we increased growth <strong>of</strong> equity, return on equity, orcut cost <strong>of</strong> equity. The only way our firm could be fairly valued would be togrow our return on equity to about 21 percent which does not seem feasiblesince the trend shows that we are decreasing to smaller percentages. Overall,the sensitivity analysis helps confirm that our company is overvalued by thisvaluation method.Abnormal Earnings Growth ModelAbnormal earnings growth model brings theory to the price earnings ratio.It links the capitalized forward earnings <strong>and</strong> the extra value created fromabnormal earnings growth. The main difference between this model <strong>and</strong> theothers is this one discounts back to year one instead <strong>of</strong> year zero <strong>and</strong> it keeps aconstant perpetuity. This is a very accurate model <strong>and</strong> can be proven because itis linked directly to residual income. Following is the sensitivity analysis <strong>and</strong>discussion <strong>of</strong> the abnormal earnings growth model in respect to J. C. <strong>Penney</strong>.122

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