a. Estimate Federated's equity beta
b. Estimate Federated's cost of equity capital
c. Estimate Federated's weighted-average cost of capital
d. Estimate the after-tax cash flows relevant to the investment. Assume the salvage value is realized in year 8 and working capital is liquidated in year 9.
e. Estimate the investment's net present value
f. Estimate the investment's internal rate of return. Does the investment appear attractive financially?
g. Estimate the present value of the investment's economic value added. (Note that the salvage value is captured in the annual EVAs.)
h. In market value terms, Federated's debt to capital ratio is 40%. Assume the company will finance the investment in the same proportions and estimate
the cash flows from and to equity. (Assume the company will use an 8-year, 7% loan to be repaid in equal annual installments.)
i. Estimate the net present value of the equity cash flows. (That is, analyze the investment from the equity perspective.)
j. Estimate the internal rate of return to equity.
k. Why is the NPV from the entity perspective higher than the NPV from the equity perspective, while the IRRs are in just the reverse order?
l. Does the equity perspective tell you any more or less about the merits of the investment than the entity perspective? Which analysis is easier to perform?

Facts and Assumptions 5.0% 70% 6,9% 0,70 $60 2 milliorn 80 million 35,000 3,0% $200 milion $80 $55 $200 million 8 years 40 million Straight-line 20.0% as percent of sales Yield to maturity on long-term government bonds Yield to maturity on company long-term bonds Market price of risk Estimated company and project asset beta Stock price per share Number of shares outstandin Market value of interest-bearing debt outstanding Tax rate Inflation rate Initial cost of investment Year 1 selling price per unit Year 1 variable manufacturing cost per unit Year 1 general selling & administrative expenses Expected project life Salvage value Depreciation schedule Working capital Year 20 23 Unit sales in millions 10 23 24 15