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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
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Chapter 18, Problem 18P
You are on your way to an important budget meeting. In the elevator, you review the project valuation analysis you had your summer associate prepare for one of the projects to be discussed:
Looking over the spreadsheet, you realize that while all of the cash flow estimates are correct, your associate used the flow-to-equity valuation method and discounted the cash flows using the company’s equity cost of capital of 11%. While the project's risk is similar to the firm’s, the project’s incremental leverage is very different from the company's historical debt-equity ratio of 0.20: For this project, the company will instead borrow $80 million upfront and repay $20 million in year 2, $20 million in year 3, and $40 million in year 4. Thus, the project's equity cost of capital is likely to be higher than the firm’s, not constant over time-invalidating your associate’s calculation.
Clearly, the FTE approach is not the best way to analyze this project. Fortunately, you have your calculator with you, and with any luck you can use a better method before the meeting starts.
- a. What is the present value of the interest tax shield associated with this project?
- b. What are the
free cash flows of the project? - c. What is the best estimate of the project’s value from the information given?
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2. Which project or projects should be accepted if they are independent?
3.Which project or projects should be accepted if they are mutually exclusive?
As a recent graduate of the UWIOC, The General Manager of the company has hired you to work alongside the Financial Controller of the company to help determine whether the company should invest in the new product line. He has provided you with the following questions to guide you in your assessment of the project and to present your findings to the Company.
1. Determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for Vigour Pharmaceuticals. (Formula to be used below)
Chapter 18 Solutions
Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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Ch. 18.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 18.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.7 - How do we deal with issuance costs and security...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.8 - When a firm has pre-determined tax shields, how do...Ch. 18.8 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18 - Prob. 1PCh. 18 - Prob. 2PCh. 18 - In 2015, Intel Corporation had a market...Ch. 18 - Prob. 4PCh. 18 - Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is...Ch. 18 - Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of...Ch. 18 - Acort Industries has 10 million shares outstanding...Ch. 18 - Prob. 8PCh. 18 - Prob. 9PCh. 18 - Consider Alcatel-Lucents project in Problem 6. a....Ch. 18 - Consider Alcatel-Lucents project in Problem 6. a....Ch. 18 - In year 1, AMC will earn 2000 before interest and...Ch. 18 - Prokter and Gramble (PKGR) has historically...Ch. 18 - Amarindo, Inc. (AMR), is a newly public firm with...Ch. 18 - Remex (RMX) currently has no debt in its capital...Ch. 18 - You are evaluating a project that requires an...Ch. 18 - Prob. 17PCh. 18 - You are on your way to an important budget...Ch. 18 - Your firm is considering building a 600 million...Ch. 18 - Prob. 20PCh. 18 - DFS Corporation is currently an all-equity firm,...Ch. 18 - Prob. 22PCh. 18 - Prob. 23PCh. 18 - Prob. 24PCh. 18 - XL Sports is expected to generate free cash flows...Ch. 18 - Propel Corporation plans to make a 50 million...Ch. 18 - Gartner Systems has no debt and an equity cost of...Ch. 18 - Revtek, Inc., has an equity cost of capital of 12%...
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