Question: Sallinger, Inc., is considering a project that will result in initial aftertax cash savings of $4 million at the end of the first year, and
| Sallinger, Inc., is considering a project that will result in initial | ||||||
| aftertax cash savings of $4 million at the end of the first year, and these savings | ||||||
| will grow at a rate of 5 percent per year indefinitely. The firm has a target | ||||||
| debt-equity ratio of .75, a cost of equity of 16 percent, and an aftertax cost of | ||||||
| debt of 6 percent. The cost-saving proposal is somewhat riskier than the usual | ||||||
| project the firm undertakes; management uses the subjective approach and | ||||||
| applies an adjustment factor of 2 percent to the cost of capital for such risky | ||||||
| projects. At what level of project costs (investment costs) the Sallinger' project would have | ||||||
| a zero NPV? | ||||||
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