Lakonishok Equipment has an investment opportunity in Europe. The
project costs €14,600,000 and is expected to produce cash flows of
€3,200,000 in Year 1, €4,200,000 in Year 2, and €4,600,000 in Year 3.
The current spot exchange rate is $.80/€ and the current risk-free rate
in the United States is 2.7 percent, compared to that in euroland of 1.9
percent. The appropriate discount rate for the project is estimated to
be 11 percent, the U.S. cost of capital for the company. In addition, the
subsidiary can be sold at the end of three years for an estimated
€9,100,000. What is the NPV of the project in U.S. dollars?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer
in dollars, not in millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,
1,234,567.89.
☑ Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
NPV
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13,051,362.93 ×
