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Company Risk versus Project Risk [LO5] 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 companies are all equity financed. 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
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- Man.1arrow_forwardA firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose? WACC: 3.00% Year 0 1 2 3 4 CFS -$1,025 $380 $380 $380 $380 CFL -$2,150 $765 $765 $765 $765 Hint: NPV = PV inflows – Cost IRR: Internal Rate of Return IRR is the discount rate that forces PV inflows = cost. A. $272.51 B. $306.08 C. $377.26 D. $340.98 E. $240.19 PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK USING BA II CALCULATOR. THANK YOU.arrow_forwardA firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose? WACC: 6.00% Year 0 1 2 3 4 CFS -$1,025 $380 $380 $380 $380 CFL -$2,150 $765 $765 $765 $765 $198.61 $219.51 $209.07 O $188.67 $230.55arrow_forward
- A firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose? WACC: 6.75% 0 1 2 3 4 CFS -$1,025 $380 $380 $380 $380 CFL -$2,150 $765 $765 $765 $765 Please explain and show calculations.arrow_forwardA firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure, given a WACC of 15%. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose? Project Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 S -$995 million $385 million $400 million $525 million $650 million L -$2.05 billion $705 million $835 million $950 million $1.025 billion $6.04 million O $359.08 million $46.04 million $451.15 million O $405.11 millionarrow_forwardA firm is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO wants to use the IRR criterion, while the CFO favors the NPV method. You were hired to advise the firm on the best procedure. If the wrong decision criterion is used, how much potential value would the firm lose? WACC: 5.29 % 0 1 2 3 4 CFS -$ 1,036 $380 $380 $380 $380…arrow_forward
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