Alpha Inc. has a target debt-to-value ratio of .6. The pretax cost of debt is 10 percent, the tax rate is 21 percent, and the unlevered cost of equity 14 percent. A project the firm is considering has a cash flow to the levered equity holders of $49,661 and an initial unborrowed cost of $220,000. What is the NPV of the project?

Alpha Inc. has a target debt-to-value ratio of .6. The pretax cost of debt is 10 percent, the tax rate is 21 percent, and the unlevered cost of equity 14 percent. A project the firm is considering has a cash flow to the levered equity holders of $49,661 and an initial unborrowed cost of $220,000. What is the NPV of the project?

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting And Risk

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