You are working with a colleague who says he has completed a…
You are working with a colleague who says he has completed a DCF model for Autozone. He tells you he has made the following assumptions: Valuation date of December, 2020 (in other words, the first year of the explicit forecast period is FY2021) Cost of equity = 9% Cost of debt = 5% WACC = 10% Terminal growth rate assumption: 8% Marginal tax rate = 21% Marketable securities are not included in excess cash (for bridging from EV to implied share price) PP&E as a % of sales increases from 15% of sales in Year 1 to 25% of sales in Year 5, the end of the explicit forecast period Dividends of 10% of NOPAT are paid every year and reduce unlevered free cash flow Related to the list of assumptions above, name four things that are either wrong and/or unreasonable. Provide an explanation for each as to why it is wrong and/or unreasonable.