Suppose Unicorn achieved sales in year six at the median level of comparables of approx., $1.6B, what is the compounded annual growth rate in sales for Unicorn from fiscal year one to fiscal year six to achieve these sales in year six?[1]   [1] If you calculate the median sales of comparables in year six, the value is $1,577M.

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  1. Suppose Unicorn achieved sales in year six at the median level of comparables of approx., $1.6B, what is the compounded annual growth rate in sales for Unicorn from fiscal year one to fiscal year six to achieve these sales in year six?[1]

 

[1] If you calculate the median sales of comparables in year six, the value is $1,577M.

Question 1: The plan is for Unicorn to go public in six years. As noted in the table
below, the company expects to see first sales of $10M this current year. Over the
next five years this will grow to approximately $5.6B in year six.
Management of Unicorn have produced the following sales forecast for Unicorn, with
FY1 being the first year of sales:
FY1
FY2
FУЗ
FY4
FY5
FУ6
Forecast
$10.0
1,428.8 3,086.5 5,598.2
340.5
62.0
Revenues ($M)
Growth yoy (%)
n/a
116
520
449
320
81
An intern who works for your fund has collected data on companies that have
recently gone public, that operate in the Unicorn's industry - saving you the need to
do so. The data is on the tab "Coparables". On this sheet, Comparable 1 through 60
are the unimaginatively named comparable companies. Columns FY1 shows the
comparables' revenues in their year of first sale. FY2 is the second year, and so on.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 1: The plan is for Unicorn to go public in six years. As noted in the table below, the company expects to see first sales of $10M this current year. Over the next five years this will grow to approximately $5.6B in year six. Management of Unicorn have produced the following sales forecast for Unicorn, with FY1 being the first year of sales: FY1 FY2 FУЗ FY4 FY5 FУ6 Forecast $10.0 1,428.8 3,086.5 5,598.2 340.5 62.0 Revenues ($M) Growth yoy (%) n/a 116 520 449 320 81 An intern who works for your fund has collected data on companies that have recently gone public, that operate in the Unicorn's industry - saving you the need to do so. The data is on the tab "Coparables". On this sheet, Comparable 1 through 60 are the unimaginatively named comparable companies. Columns FY1 shows the comparables' revenues in their year of first sale. FY2 is the second year, and so on.
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The median sales for FY6 is estimated to be $1577 million. Therefore, from $10 million in FY1 to $1577M in FY6, the compounded annual growth rate over 5 years can be calculated as below

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