Netsoft is a company that manufactures networking sorftware


Netsoft is a company that manufactures networking sorftware. In the current year, the firm reported operating earnings before interest and taxes of $200 million (operating earnings does not include interest income), and these are expected to grow 4% a year in perpetuity. In addition, the firm has cash balance of $250 million on which it earned interest income of $15 million. The unleavered beta for other networking software firms is 1.20, and these firms have on average cash balances of 10% of firm value. If Netsoft has a debt ratio of 15%, a tax rate of 40%, a return on capital 10% on operating assets, and a cost of debt of 10%, estimate the value of the firm. (The risk-free rate is 6%, and you can assume a market risk premium of 5.5%.)

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