Amarindo, Inc. (AMR), is a newly public firm with 11.0 million shares outstanding. You are doing a valuation analysis of AMR. You estimate its free cash flow in the coming year to be $ 14.81 14.81 million, and you expect the firm's free cash flows to grow by 4.5% per year in subsequent years. Because the firm has only been listed on the stock exchange for a short time, you do not have an accurate assessment of AMR's equity beta. However, you do have beta data for UAL, another firm in the same industry: Equity Beta (1.35), Debt Beta (0.27), Debt-Equity Ratio (0.9). AMR has a much lower debt-equity ratio of 0.27, which is expected to remain stable, and its debt is risk free. AMR's corporate tax rate is 30%, the risk-free rate is 5.3%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 10.9%.
a. Estimate AMR's equity cost of capital.
b. Estimate AMR's share price.