Pizza Place, a national pizza chain, is considering purchasing a smallerchain, Western Mountain Pizza. Pizza Place’s analysts project that the merger will resultin incremental cash flows of $1.5 million in Year 1, $2 million in Year 2, $3 million inYear 3, and $5 million in Year 4. In addition, Western’s Year 4 cash flows are expectedto grow at a constant rate of 5% after Year 4. Assume that all cash flows occur at theend of the year. The acquisition will be made immediately if it is undertaken. Western’spost-merger beta is estimated to be 1.5, and its post-merger tax rate would be 40%. Therisk-free rate is 6%, and the market risk premium is 4%. What is the value of WesternMountain Pizza to Pizza Place?

Newtown Corp. has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. If it chooses project A, Newtown Corp. will have the opportunity to make a similar investment in three years. However, if it chooses project B, it will not have the opportunity to make a second investment. The following table lists the cash flows for these projects. If the firm uses the replacement chain (common life) approach, what will be the difference between the net present value (NPV) of project A and project B, assuming that both projects have a weighted average cost of capital of 12%?   Cash Flow     Project A   Project B   Year 0: –$15,000 Year 0: –$40,000 Year 1: 9,000 Year 1: 8,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 3: 14,000 Year 3: 14,000     Year 4: 13,000     Year 5: 12,000     Year 6: 11,000   $13,512   $11,923   $15,897   $12,718   $10,333     Newtown Corp. is considering a five-year project that has a weighted average cost of capital of…

WACC and NPV Pink, Inc., is considering a project that will result in initial aftertax cash savings of $1.82 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 12.2 percent, and an aftertax cost of debt of 5 percent. The cost-saving proposal is somewhat riskier than the usual projects 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?

XYZ, which currently sells art products, is considering project Q, which would involve teaching art lessons For most of its existence, XYZ sold art products, taught art lessons, and painted murals Project Q Would require an initial investment of $87,300 today and is expected to produce annual cash flows of $10,200 each year forever with the first annual cash flow expected in 1 year What is the NPV of project Q. based on the information in this paragraph and the following table and applying the pure play approach to detemining a project's cost of capital? Firm XYZ Frisco Frescos NorCal Art Art Factory Line of business Sells art products Paints murals at residential and commercial sights Teaches art lessons Sells art products, teaches art lessons, & paints murals WACC 144 percent 82 percent 95 percent 77 percent O a. $20,068 (plus or minus $10) Ob. $144,518 (plus or minus $10) OC. $37,090 (plus or minus $10) O d. $45,168 (plus or minus $10) O e. None of the above is within $10 of the…

Bensington Glass Co. is considering the expansion of it spandrel glass business line. They plan to convert an unused space of their warehouse into additional manufacturing space. They estimate the initial investment will be $7,450,000 and expect the new production to create additional cash flows of $2,925,000 in year's one through ten. If Bensington Glass uses a discount rate of 11%, what is the project's discounted payback period? 4.00 O 3.00 O 3.82 3.16

The Purple Lion Beverage Company expects the following cash flows from its manufacturing plant in Palau over the next five years: Year 1 $250,000 Annual Cash Flows Year 2 $20,000 Year 3 Year 4 $180,000 $450,000 Year 5 $550,000 The CFO of the company believes that an appropriate annual interest rate on this investment is 4%. What is the present value of this uneven cash flow stream, rounded to the nearest whole dollar?