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Use the table for the question(s) below.
 Name  Market  Enterprise  Enterprise  Enterprise  Capitalisation  Value  Price/  Value/  Value/  ($ million)   ($ million)   P/E  Book  Sales  EBITDA  News Ltd 635010,1637.360.731.45.04 Seven West 2423347218.092.641.107.21 Ten Network 67530619.761.681.405.64 APN 326119214.890.391.317.65 Fairfax Media 26717246.550.821.576.65 Average 11.331.251.356.44 Maximum +60%112%+16%+22% Minimum 40%69%18%19%\begin{array}{cccccc}\text { Name }&\text { Market } & \text { Enterprise } & & & \text { Enterprise } & \text { Enterprise } \\&\text { Capitalisation } & \text { Value } & & \text { Price/ } & \text { Value/ } & \text { Value/ } \\&\text { (\$ million) } & \text { (\$ million) } & \text { P/E } & \text { Book } & \text { Sales } & \text { EBITDA }\\\text { News Ltd } & 6350 & 10,163 & 7.36 & 0.73 & 1.4 & 5.04 \\\text { Seven West } & 2423 & 3472 & 18.09 & 2.64 & 1.10 & 7.21 \\\text { Ten Network } & 675 & 3061 & 9.76 & 1.68 & 1.40 & 5.64 \\\text { APN } & 326 & 1192 & 14.89 & 0.39 & 1.31 & 7.65 \\\text { Fairfax Media } & 267 & 1724 & 6.55 & 0.82 & 1.57 & 6.65\\\text { Average } &&& 11.33 & 1.25 & 1.35 & \mathbf{6 . 4 4} \\\text { Maximum } &&& +60 \% & 112 \% & +16 \% & +22 \% \\\text { Minimum } &&& -40 \% & 69 \% & -18 \% & -19 \%\\\end{array}
-The table above shows the share prices and multiples for a number of firms in the media industry. Another media firm (not shown) had sales of $620 million, EBITDA of $84 million, excess cash of $66 million, $14 million of debt, and 120 million shares outstanding. If the average enterprise value to sales for comparable businesses is used, which of the following is the best estimate of the firm's share price?


A) $6.89
B) $7.65
C) $7.41
D) $6.98

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