Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10.3%, market capitalization of $9.36 billion, and an enterprise value of $13 billion. Assume that Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 7.3%, its marginal tax rate is 34%, the WACC is 8.7650 %, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. The expected free cash flow, levered value, and debt capacity are as follows: Thus, the NPV of the project calculated using the WACC method is $182.73 million-$100 million = $82.73 million. a. What is Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital? b. What is the unlevered value of the project? c. What are the interest tax shields from the project? What is their present value? Show that the APV of Alcatel-Lucent's project matches the value computed using the WACC method. a. What is Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital? Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital is%. (Round to four decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) 0 1 2 -100 96 53 145.75 62.52 182.73 51.16 40.81 17.51 Year FCF ($ million) v D=dxV Print Done 3 68 0.00 0.00

Adamson Corporation is considering four average-risk projects with the following costs and rates of return: Cost Expected Rate of Return $2,000 16.00% 3,000 15.00 5,000 13.75 4 2,000 12.50 The company estimates that it can issue debt at a rate of rd = 11%, and its tax rate is 25%. It can issue preferred stock that pays a constant dividend of $6.0 per year at $60.00 per share. Also, its common stock currently sells for $52.00 per share; the next expected dividend, D₁, is $5.75; and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year. The target capital structure consists of 75% common stock, 15% debt, and 10% preferred stock. Project a. What is the cost of each of the capital components? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Cost of debt: 123 % Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Cost of preferred stock: Cost of retained earnings: b. What is Adamson's WACC? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two…

Dunbar Inc has an overall (composite) WACC of 10%, which reflects the cost of capital for its average asset. Its assets vary widely in risk, and Dunbar evaluates low-risk projects with a WACC of 8%, average projects at 10%, and high-risk projects at 12%. The company is considering the following projects: Project A Risk BCDE High Average High Low Low Which projects should the firm accept to maximize shareholder wealth? Expected Return O a. A, B, C, and D O b. A, B, and D O c. A, B, and C O d. A, B, C, D, and E 15% 12 11 9

Adamson Corporation is considering four average-risk projects with the following costs and rates of return: Project 1 2 3 4 $2.000 Open spreadsheet Cost Cost of debt 3,000 5,000 2.000 Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Expected Rate of Return 16.00% The company estimates that it can issue debt at a rate of r = 9%, and its tax rate is 30%. It can issue preferred stock that pays a constant dividend of $5 per year at $44 per share. Also, common stock currently sells for $33 per share; the next expected dividend, D₂, is $4.00; and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year. The target capital structure consists of 75% common stock, 15% debt, and 10% preferred stock. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online e below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below. % 15.00 a. What is the cost of each of the capital components? Round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate…

Ganado's Cost of Capital. Maria Gonzalez, Ganado's Chief Financial Officer, estimates the risk-free rate to be 3.30%, the company's credit risk premium is 3.60%, the domestic beta is estimated at 0.94, the international beta is estimated at 0.61, and the company's capital structure is now 75% debt. The expected rate of return on the market portfolio held by a well-diversified domestic investor is 9.80% and the expected return on a larger globally integrated equity market portfolio is 8.60%. The before-tax cost of debt estimated by observing the current yield on Ganado's outstanding bonds combined with bank debt is 7.60% and the company's effective tax rate is 42%. For both the domestic CAPM and ICAPM, calculate the following: a. Ganado's cost of equity b. Ganado's after-tax cost of debt c. Ganado's weighted average cost of capital a. Using the domestic CAPM, what is Ganado's cost of equity? % (Round to two decimal places.)

A firm wants to fund a $7 million project by raising both short-term and long-term debt. Because short-term debt is less risky, its cost is 5%. The long-term debt (bond) must pay 5.5% annual coupons. If the firm raises $5 million in short-term debt and the remainder in long-term debt, what is this project's WACC? Assume the tax rate = 26%. a. 5.14% b. 3.81% c. 3.89% d. 5.25% e. 1.34%

An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project Beta IRR W .58 X .87 Y 1.13 Z 1.47 9.0% 9.7 12.1 15.2 The T-bill rate is 4.2 percent and the expected return on the market is 11.2 percent. a. Compared with the firm's 11.2 percent cost of capital, Project W has a expected return, Project Y has a expected return. expected return, Project X has a expected return, and Project Z has a

Consider this case: Globex Corp. has a capital structure that consists of 30% debt and 70% equity. The firm’s current beta is 1.25, but management wants to understand Globex Corp.’s market risk without the effect of leverage.    If Globex Corp. has a 25% tax rate, what is its unlevered beta? 0.90   0.81   1.09   0.95

Consider this case: Globex Corp. currently has a capital structure consisting of 30% debt and 70% equity. However, Globex Corp.'s CFO has suggested that the firm increase its debt ratio to 50%. The current risk-free rate is 3.5%, the market risk premium is 7.5%, and Globex Corp.'s beta is 1.15. If the firm's tax rate is 25%, what will be the beta of an all-equity firm if its operations were exactly the same? Now consider the case of another company: US Robotics Inc. has a current capital structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. Its current before-tax cost of debt is 10%, and its tax rate is 25%. It currently has a levered beta of 1.15. The risk-free rate is 3.5%, and the risk premium on the market is 7.5%. US Robotics Inc. is considering changing its capital structure to 60% debt and 40% equity. Increasing the firm's level of debt will cause its before-tax cost of debt to increase to 12%. First, solve for US Robotics Inc.'s unlevered beta. Use US Robotics Inc.'s unlevered beta to solve…

A firm has two independent projects, each requiring investment of INR 3 million, but each of these have different risk profiles, i.e., different costs of capital as below: Project A 17%, Project B 7% IRRs for A and B are 20% and 9% respectively. The firm would maintain a 30:70 debt-equity ratio and expects its net income to be 6 million INR. If this firms maintains a residual dividend policy (all cash distributed as dividends), what will be the pay-out ratio for this firm?