• risk free rate: 1.75% • expected rate of return for the market: 9.5%
• Beta of VZ (you need to research this factor)
• VZ total debt, interest and shares issued can be found in VZ financial statements
• assume market value of all debt is 100% of face(par) value.
• tax rate is 20%
• VZ stock price: $55
• initial investment: 4,500,000
• year 1 cash flow: 1,100,000
• year 2 cash flow: 1,200,000
• year 3 cash flow: 1,350,000
• year 4 cash flow: 1,550,000
• year 5 cash flow: 1,750,000
BASED ON THIS INFORMATION CALCULATE THE FOLLOWING
1. cost of equity
2. after tax cost of debt
3. weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
4. net present value of the investment (NPV)
5. internal rate of return of the investment (IRR)
6. payback period of the investment

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