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Colin was recently hired by Coleman Electronics as a junior budget analyst. He is working for the Venture Capital Division and has been given for capital budgeting projects to evaluate. He must give his analysis and recommendation to the capital budgeting committee. Colin has a B.S. in accounting from CWU (2015) and passed the CPA exam (2017). He has been in public accounting for several years. During that time he earned an MBA from Seattle U. He would like to be the CFO of a company someday--maybe Coleman Electronics-- and this is an opportunity to get onto that career track and to prove his ability, As Colin looks over the financial data collected, he is trying to make sense of it all. He already has the most difficult part of the analysis complete -- the estimation of cash flows. Through some internet research and application of finance theory, he has also determined the firm's beta. Here is the information that Colin has accumulated so far: The Capital Budgeting Projects He must choose one of the four capital budgeting projects listed below: Table 1 D 100 A t (19,000,000) 0 (20,000,000) (14,000,000) (18,000,000) 11,000,000 8,000,000 5,700,000 3,600,000 1 5.700,000 7,600,000 10,000,000 2 8,000,000 MacBook Pro (19,000,000) (20,000,000) (14,000,000) (18,000,000) 8,000,000 11,000,000 5,700,000 3,600,000 N 8,000,000 10,000,000 5,700,000 7,600,000 3 8,000,000 8,000,000 5,700,000 5,600,000 4 8,000,000 4,000,000 5,700,000 5,600,000 Risk Average High Low Average Table 1 shows the expected after-tax operating cash flows for each project. All projects are expected to qave a 4 year life. The projects differ in size (the cost of the initial investment), and their cash flow patterns are different. They also differ in risk as indicated in the above table. The capital budget is $20 million and the projects are mutually exclusive. Capital Structures Coleman Electronics has the following capital structure, which is considered to be optimal: Debt 50% Preferred Equity 10% Common Equity 40% 100% 100% Cost of Capital Colin knows that in order to evaluate the projects he will have to determine the cost of capital for each of them. He has been given the following data, which he believes will be relevant to his task. (1)The firm's tax rate is 35%. (2) Coleman Electronics has issued a 10% semi-annual coupon bond with 8 years term to maturity. The current trading price is $990. (3) The firm has issued some preferred stock which pays an annual 10% dividend of $100 par value, and the current market price is $105. (4) The firm's stock is currently selling for $36 per share. Its last dividend (D.) was $3, and dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 6%. The current risk free return offered by Treasury security is 2.5%, and the market portfolio's return is 12%. Coleman Electronics has a beta of 1.2. For the bond- yield-plus-risk-premium approach, the firm uses a risk premium of 3%. (5) The firm adjusts its project WACC for risk by adding 1.5% to the overall WACC for high-risk projects and subtracting 1.5% for low-risk projects, Colin knows that Coleman Electronics executives have favored IRR in the past for making their capital budgeting decisions. His professor at Seattle U. said NPV was better than IR His textbook says that Colin knows that Coleman Electronics executives have favored IRR in the past for making their capital budgeting decisions. His professor at Seattle U. said NPV was better than IRR. His textbook says that MIRR is also better than IRR. He is the new kid on the block and must be prepared to defend his recommendations. First, however, Colin must finish the analysis and write his report. To help begin, he has formulated the following questions: 1. What is the firm's cost of debt? 2. What is the cost of preferred stock for Coleman Electronics? 3. Cost of common equity ) What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? (2) What is the estimated cost of common equity using the DCF approach? (3) What is the estimated cost of common equity using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach? (4) What is the final estimate for r? 4. What is Coleman Electronics's overall WACC? 5. Do you think the firm should use the single overall WACC as the hurdle rate for each of its projects? Explain. 17513/quizzes/181154/take 5. Do you think the firm should use the single overall WACC as the hurdle rate for each of its projects? Explain. 6. What is the WACC for each project? Place your numerical solutions in Table 2. 7. Calculate all relevant capital budgeting measures for each project, and place your numerical solutions in Table 2 Table 2 A B D SNACC NPV IRR MIRR 8. Comment on the commonly used capital budgeting measures. What is the underlying cause of ranking conflicts? Which criterion is the best one, and why? 9. Which of the projects are unacceptable and why? MacBook Pro 888 % A # $ & 7 8 0 9 6 3 4 5 o