Question

Marble Construction estimates that its WACC is 10% if equity comes from retained earnings. However, if the company issues new stock to raise new equity, it estimates that its WACC will rise to 10.8%. The company believes that it will exhaust its retained earnings at $2,500,000 of capital due to the number of highly profitable projects available to the firm and its limited earnings. The company is considering the following seven investment projects: Project Size IRR A $650,000 14.0% B 1,050,000 13.5 C 1,000,000 11.2 D 1,200,000 11.0 E 500,000 10.7 F 650,000 10.3 G 700,000 10.2 Assume that each of these projects is independent and that each is just as risky as the firm's existing assets. Which set of projects should be accepted

Answer 1

Answer:

Project Size IRR

A $650,000 14.0%

B 1,050,000 13.5

C 1,000,000 11.2

D 1,200,000 11.0

Explanation:

Based on the information given the set of projects that should be accepted should be the project that has higher Internal rate of return (IRR) than the Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) percentage of 10.8% . Hence, the set of projects that should be accepted are: Project A,B,C,D

Project Size IRR

A $650,000 14.0%

B 1,050,000 13.5

C 1,000,000 11.2

D 1,200,000 11.0

Total $3,900,000

Based on the above we can see that Project A,B,C,D has a total of $3,900,000 which is higher than the retained earnings amount of $2,500,000.

Therefore the set of projects that should be accepted should be Project A,B,C,D