Alpha Industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8.4 million. The project will produce cash inflows of $1.64 million per year for 8 years. The project has the same risk as the firm. The firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.73 percent and a cost of equity of 11.35 percent. The debt–equity ratio is .64 and the tax rate is 39 percent. What is the net present value of the project?
After-tax cost of debt=5.73*(1-tax rate)
=5.73*(1-0.39)=3.4953%
Debt-equity ratio=debt/equity
Hence debt=0.64 equity
Let equity be $x
Debt=$0.64x
Total=$1.64x
WACC=Respective costs*Respective weight
=(x/1.64x*11.35)+(0.64x/1.64x*3.4953)
=8.28475122%
Present value of annuity=Annuity[1-(1+interest rate)^-time period]/rate
=1.64[1-(1.0828475122)^-8]/0.0828475122
=$1.64*5.685056762
=$9.32 million
NPV=Present value of inflows-Present value of outflows
=$9.32 million-$8.4 million
=$0.92 million(or $923,493.09 approx).
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