CORPORATE FINANCE--CONNECT ACCESS CARD
CORPORATE FINANCE--CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781264331062
Author: Ross
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
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Company Risk versus Project Risk Both Dow Chemical Company, a large natural gas user, and Superior Oil, a major natural gas producer, are thinking of investing in natural gas wells near Houston. Both are all-equity financed companies. Dow and Superior are looking at identical projects. They’ve analyzed their respective investments, which would involve a negative cash flow now and positive expected cash flows in the future. These cash flows would be the same for both firms. No debt would be used to finance the projects. Both companies estimate that their projects would have a net present value of $1 million at an 18 percent discount rate and a –$1.1 million NPV at a 22 percent discount rate. Dow has a beta of 125, whereas Superior has a beta of .75. The expected risk premium on the market is 8 percent, and risk-free bonds are yielding 12 percent. Should either company proceed” Should both? Explain.

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