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Company XYZ decides to invest in a $25,000,000 project. The company will finance the project with 50% debt and 50% equity. The term of the loan is interest only, compounded annually, 5%, and over 5 years. The project will allow the company to produce and sell an additional 100,000 widgets at $130 a widget. The cost of producing each widget is 50% of revenue. Furthermore, the project will fully depreciate in 5 years on a straight-line basis and the project will end. The tax rate is 21%
a. What is the IRR?
b. If the company’s required rate on this project is 10%, what is the NPV?
c. Would you accept it? Yes or No? State why
(The correct answers are 17.04 for the IRR and $1,312,798 for the NPV. Please show work on how to get those answers.
IRR has been calculated through financial calculator.
(C) No Compay should not accept the project because IRR< cost of capital and the NPV of the project is negative. These two parameters indicate no wealth addition to the company because of this project.