Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of

9.8%,

market capitalization of

$12.48

billion, and an enterprise value of

$16

billion. Assume Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is

6%,

its marginal tax rate is

35%,

the WACC is

8.50%,

and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow, debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table:

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a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project?

b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method?

a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project?

The free cash flow to equity for this project is: (Round all answers to two decimal places. Use a minus sign to indicate a negative number.)

Year	0	1	2	3
FCFE ($ million)	nothing	nothing	nothing	nothing

JUUJUUL Question 4, P18-11 (simil... Part 1 of 3 > HW Score: 30.56%, 1.83 of 6 points O Points: 0 of 1 SE Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 9.8%, market capitalization of $12 48 billion, and an enterprise value of $16 bilion. Assume Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 6%, its marginal tax rate is 35%, the WACC is 8.50%, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow. debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table ! a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method? a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? The free cash flow to equity for this project is: (Round all answers to two decimal places. Use a minus sign to indicate a negative number.) Year 0 1 2 3 FCFE (5 million) - 1 Data Table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) 1 3 67 53 Year FCF ($ million) D-dx Interest 0 - 100 40.23 0.00 2 96 13.59 1.92 31.99 2.41 0.00 0.82 Print Done