Fundamentals of Financial Management
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Chapter 10, Problem 4Q
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To identify: The WACC should be used or not to evaluate all its potential project even if they vary in risk and if WACC is not used the reasonable costs of capital for average, high, and low-risk projects.
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital:
It is the weighted average cost of capital of all the sources through which the firm finances its capital. It is the rate that a company will pay to all for raising finance. It can be termed as firm’s cost of capital. The company raises money through various sources such as common stock,
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if we choose to use company's WACC in the calculation of the NPV of a project, we are assuming that the project 1- has the same risk as the average-risk project of the company, and 2- will have constant target capital structure throughout its useful life
The net present value (NPV) method estimates how much a potential project will contribute to Business ethics/Shareholders Wealth/Employee Benefits, and it is the best selection criterion. The Smaller/Larger the NPV, the more value the project adds; and added value means a Higher/Larger stock price. In equation form, the NPV is defined as:
CFt is the expected net cash flow at Time t, r is the project's risk-adjusted cost of capital, N is its life, and cash outflows are treated as negative cash flows. The NPV calculation assumes that cash inflows can be reinvested at the project's risk-adjusted RD/RS/WACC. When the firm is considering independent projects, if the project's NPV exceeds zero the firm should Accept/Reject the project. When the firm is considering mutually exclusive projects, the firm should accept the project with the Lowest Positive/Lowest Negative/Highest Postive/ Highest Negative NPV.Quantitative Problem: Bellinger Industries is considering two projects for inclusion…
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the profitability index is greater than or equal to 1.
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the internal rate of return is positive.
the internal rate of return is greater than the accounting rate of return.
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