3. (20 points) An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project W X Y Z...

  

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3. (20 points) An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project W X Y Z Beta IRR 0.8 9.5% 0.95 10.8% 1.15 12.7% 1.45 13.9% The T-bill rate is 3.5 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent. a. The company's overall cost of capital is also 11 percent. Using it as the benchmark, which projects should be accepted? b. Calculate the required rate of return for each project using CAPM. Based on your calculation, which projects should be accepted? c. According to your answers, which projects would be incorrectly accepted or rejected if the firm's overall cost of capital was used as a hurdle rate? Explain why. d. Suppose the company needs $20 million to invest in one of the projects. The target debt-equity ratio is 0.75, the flotation cost for new equity is 6 percent, and the flotation cost for debt is 2 percent. What is the company's weighted average flotation cost, assuming all capital is raised externally? What is the true cost of the project after taking flotation costs into account? 3. (20 points) An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project W X Y Z Beta IRR 0.8 9.5% 0.95 10.8% 1.15 12.7% 1.45 13.9% The T-bill rate is 3.5 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent. a. The company's overall cost of capital is also 11 percent. Using it as the benchmark, which projects should be accepted? b. Calculate the required rate of return for each project using CAPM. Based on your calculation, which projects should be accepted? c. According to your answers, which projects would be incorrectly accepted or rejected if the firm's overall cost of capital was used as a hurdle rate? Explain why. d. Suppose the company needs $20 million to invest in one of the projects. The target debt-equity ratio is 0.75, the flotation cost for new equity is 6 percent, and the flotation cost for debt is 2 percent. What is the company's weighted average flotation cost, assuming all capital is raised externally? What is the true cost of the project after taking flotation costs into account?