Alpha Industries Is Considering a Project with an Initial Cost

question 17

Multiple Choice

Alpha Industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $7.4 million. The project will produce cash inflows of $1.54 million a year for 7 years. The firm uses the subjective approach to assign discount rates to projects. For this project, the subjective adjustment is +1.5 percent. The firm has a pre-tax cost of debt of 8.6 percent and a cost of equity of 13.7 percent. The debt-equity ratio is .0.65 and the tax rate is 35 percent. What is the net present value of the project?

• A) -$372,951
• B) -$187,016
• C) $48,209
• D) $133,333
• E) $269,480

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