Question

Hibiscus Co has a debt-equity ratio of 0.80. The firm is analyzing a new project which requires an initial cash outlay of $300,000 for new equipment. The flotation cost for new equity is 9% and for debt 4.95%. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs?

Answer 1

$321,600

Step-by-step explanation:

debt equity ratio = debt / equity

since the debt to equity is 0.8, that means that for every $ invested from equity, $0.80 will be borrowed. If the new project requires an initial cash outlay of $300,000:

• then $300,000 / $1.80 = $166,667 will be new equity
• and $133,333 will be new debt

total cost of initial outlay including flotation costs = ($166,667 x 1.09) + ($133,333 x 1.0495) = $181,667 + $139,933 = $321,600

flotation costs include all the costs associated with issuing new stocks or taking new debt.