Reference no: EM131923822

Alessandro Florenzi Company (AFC) is considering a project to purchase a new equipment. The equipment would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life and would have a zero-salvage value. The project requires investment of $6,000 today on net working capital, which will be recovered at the end of the third year when project is closed. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other company’s products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. The company can sell the equipment at the end of third year to generate $10,000 after tax cash flow. What is the project's MIRR? Other information relevant to this project: WACC 11.0% Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products -$5,000 Investment cost (depreciable basis) $80,000 Straight-line deprec. rate 33.333% Sales revenues, each year for 3 years $67,500 Annual operating costs (excl. depreciation.) -$25,000 Tax rate 35.0% Part b You were hired as a consultant to Cerci Corporation, whose target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.50%, and the cost of retained earnings is 12.75%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is its WACC?