Q4. Stag corp has a capital structure which is based on 50% common stock, 20% preferred...

Q4. Stag corp has a capital structure which is based on 50% common stock, 20% preferred stock and 30% debt. The cost of common stock is 14%, the cost of preferred stock is 8% and the pre-tax cost of debt is 10%. The firm's tax rate is 40%. (1 mark)

Calculate the WACC of the firm.
The firm is considering a project that is equally as risky as the firm's current operations. This project has initial costs of $280,000 and annual cash inflows of $66,000, $320,000, and $133,000 over the next three years, respectively. What is the net present value of this project ?

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(a)-Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) of the firm

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) = [After Tax Cost of Debt x Weight of Debt] + [Cost of Preferred stock x Weight of preferred stock] + [Cost of equity x Weight of Equity]

= [10.00%(1 – 0.40) x 0.30] + [8.00% x 0.20] + [14.00% x 0.50]

= [6.00 x 0.30] + [8.00% x 0.20] + [14.00% x 0.50]

= 1.80% + 1.60% + 7.00%

= 10.40%

(b)-Net Present Value of the Project

Year	Annual cash flows ($)	Present Value Factor (PVF) at 10.40%	Present Value of annual cash flows ($) [Annual cash flow x PVF]

1	66,000	0.9057971	59,782.61
2	3,20,000	0.8204684	2,62,549.88
3	1,33,000	0.7431779	98,842.66

TOTAL			4,21,175.15

Net Present Value (NPV) = Present Value of annual cash inflows – Initial Investment

= $421,175.15 - $280,000

= $141,175.15

NOTE

The Formula for calculating the Present Value Factor is [1/(1 + r)ⁿ], Where “r” is the Discount/Interest Rate and “n” is the number of years.

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