Question

The Anderson Company has equal amounts of low-risk, average-risk, and high-risk projects. The firm's overall WACC is 12%. The CFO believes that this is the correct WACC for the company's average-risk projects, but that a lower rate should be used for lower-risk projects and a higher rate for higher-risk projects. The CEO disagrees, on the grounds that even though projects have different risks, the WACC used to evaluate each project should be the same because the company obtains capital for all projects from the same sources. If the CEO's position is accepted, what is likely to happen over time

Answer 1

e. The company will take on too many high-risk projects and reject too many low-risk projects.

Step-by-step explanation:

By using the WACC for discounting purposes in case of the higher risk projects the net present value would be greater in such cases and also the high discount rate is applied. It is easily accepted but at the same time it also rise the organization risk

Therefore in the given case, the option e is correct and the same is to be considered