A Major Forest Products Company with a Cost of Capital

question 15

Multiple Choice

A major forest products company with a cost of capital of 12% has raised $15 million in financing and is considering three projects that are divisible, are not mutually exclusive and will have no residual value at the end of their 10 year term. Project A will cost a company $12 million providing $2.45 million in annual income before depreciation. Project B, costing $10.8 million, has annual projected savings before depreciation of $1.8 million. Project C costs $7.3 million and will bring in $1.7 million annually before depreciation. Assuming markets operate in the theoretical Modernist manner, if the company expects to earn a 12% return on their investments, in which project(s) should the company invest?

• A) All three projects.
• B) All of C and 60% of A
• C) B only
• D) All of A and all of C
• E) All of B and 84% of C

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