A business is considering various investment projects, with each expected to have an initial cash outflow followed by positive cash inflows over the rest of its life. The operations director has stated that the net present value and internal rate of return methods will, if correctly applied to each individual project, always give projects with the same characteristics:

1. Accept or reject decision for individual projects

2. Priority ranking for those projects that are acceptable

Which of the following combinations (true/false) is correct?

Antares Co and Sirius Co have identical business risk and operating characteristics. Antares Co has financial gearing and Sirius Co is entirely financed by equity. Both companies pay out all their profits in dividends but Antares Co earns twice as much profit before interest and tax as Sirius Co. Antares Co has equity with a market value of $34 million and debt with an equilibrium market value of $15 million. Sirius Co has equity with an equilibrium market value of $24 million. The tax rate is 20%.

According to Modigliani and Miller (with taxes), what is the predicted value of the equity of Antares Co?

Shares in Crate Co have an expected rate of return of 9% and a beta of 0.8. Shares in Lore Co have a beta of 1.2. The expected market rate of return is 10%.

Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), what is the expected rate of return for shareholders in Lore Co?