CHAPTER18VALUATIONANDCAPITALBUDGETINGFORTHELEVEREDFIRMAnswerstoConceptsReviewandCriticalThinkingQuestions1
APVisequaltotheNPVoftheproject(i
thevalueoftheprojectforanunleveredfirm)plustheNPVoffinancingsideeffects
TheWACCisbasedonatargetdebtlevelwhiletheAPVisbasedontheamountofdebt
FTEusesleveredcashflowandothermethodsuseunleveredcashflow
TheWACCmethoddoesnotexplicitlyincludetheinterestcashflows,butitdoesimplicitlyincludetheinterestcostintheWACC
Ifheinsiststhattheinterestpaymentsareexplicitlyshown,youshouldusetheFTEmethod
Youcanestimatetheunleveredbetafromaleveredbeta
Theunleveredbetaisthebetaoftheassetsofthefirm;assuch,itisameasureofthebusinessrisk
Notethattheunleveredbetawillalwaysbelowerthantheleveredbeta(assumingthebetasarepositive)
Thedifferenceisduetotheleverageofthecompany