MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Corporate Finance (Myfinancelab)
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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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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Chapter 18 Solutions
MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Corporate Finance (Myfinancelab)
Ch. 18.1 - What are the three methods we can use to include...Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 18.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 18.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 18.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 18.5 - How do we estimate a projects unlevered cost of...Ch. 18.5 - What is the incremental debt associated with a...
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