Mullen Group is considering adding another division that requires a cash outlay

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Mullen Group is considering adding another division that requires a cash outlay of $30,000 and is expected to generate $7,800 in after-tax cash flows each year for the next five years. The company's target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6%, the cost of preferred is 7%, and the cost of retained earnings is 12%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is the NPV of this project? Your answer should be between 94.50 and 920.42, rounded to 2 decimal places, with no special characters.

Explanation / Answer

cost of funds as discount rate=45%*12%+40%*6%+15%*7%=8.85%

NPV

=-30000+7800/(1+8.85%)^1+7800/(1+8.85%)^2+7800/(1+8.85%)^3+7800/(1+8.85%)^4+7800/(1+8.85%)^5

=457.73

the above is answer

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