Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260013924
Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
Bartleby Related Questions Icon

Related questions

Question

Lebleu, Incorporated, is considering a project that will result in initial aftertax cash savings of $1.73 million at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 3 percent per year indefinitely. The firm has a target debt-equity ratio of .85, a cost of equity of 11.3 percent, and an aftertax cost of debt of 4.1 percent. The cost-saving proposal is somewhat riskier than the usual project the firm undertakes; management uses the subjective approach and applies an adjustment factor of +2 percent to the cost of capital for such risky projects. What is the maximum initial cost the company would be willing to pay for the project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.)

 

The answer I got is $24,749.643 and it is incorrect. This is my work

Find WACC = (weight of debt x after tax cost of debt ) + (weight of equity x cost of equity)

  =(debt/total capital x after tax cost of debt ) + (equity/total capital x cost of equity)

  = (.85/1+.85 x 4.1%) + ( 1/1+.85 x 11.3%)

  = 1.883783878% + 6.108108

  =7.99%

Calculation of net present value- don’t forget to add 2% due to riskiness

  = after tax cash flow / discount rate

  = $1,730,000 / 9.99% - 3%

  = $1,730,000 / 6.99%

  = $24,749,642

Expert Solution
Check Mark
Still need help?
Follow-up Questions
Read through expert solutions to related follow-up questions below.
Follow-up Question

Hello, the explanation you offered is not very clear. Can you tell me what I did wrong?

Solution
Bartleby Expert
by Bartleby Expert
SEE SOLUTION
Follow-up Questions
Read through expert solutions to related follow-up questions below.
Follow-up Question

Hello, the explanation you offered is not very clear. Can you tell me what I did wrong?

Solution
Bartleby Expert
by Bartleby Expert
SEE SOLUTION
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Mcgraw-hill Education,
Text book image
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:9781260013962
Author:BREALEY
Publisher:RENT MCG
Text book image
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:9781337909730
Author:Brigham
Publisher:Cengage
Text book image
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:9780134897264
Author:KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:Pearson,
Text book image
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou...
Finance
ISBN:9781337395250
Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i...
Finance
ISBN:9780077861759
Author:Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education