Introduction to Cost of Capital Applications: Valuation and Project Selection
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Introduction to Cost of Capital Applications

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Net Cash Flow: The Preferred Measure of Return


1. d

2. c. The most likely outcome is the "modal" outcome, the one that has the gr ity of occurrence. The probability-weighted expected value is the sum of the possible out­comes times the probability of occurrence of each.

3. True

4. 'i'rue

5. The Ibbotson data used in CAPM and the build-up model matches to net cash flow.

6. Solution: Net cash flow to equity:

Net income $930,000

+ Noncash charges 100,000

- Capital expenditures 120,000

- Additions to net workine capital* 20,000

to equity .$890,00.0

♦Working capital requirement 0.08 x $9,000,000 = S 720,000
Current assets: $ 1,000,000

Minus current liabilities _$300,000

$700,000

equired addition to working capital: 8720,000 8700,000 ~ $20,000

7. Solution: Net cash flow to invested

Net income $930,000

+ Noncash charges 100,000

Capital expenditures 120,000

- Additions to net working capital 20,000

+ Interest expense ($50,000 x f 1 -0.401) 30,000

Net cash flow to invested capital $920,000

Solution:

S100 x

0.10 :

= $10

0 x

0.20 :

0

+S100 x

040 :

= +$40

+S1.50 x

0.20 :

= +$30

+S200 x

0.10 :

= +$20 $80

9. $100