Suppose that your company's weighted-average cost of capital is 15%

Accounting Jan 05, 2022

Suppose that your company's weighted-average cost of capital is 15%. Your company is planning to undertake a project with an internal rate of return of 20%, but you believe that this project is not a good investment for the firm. What logical arguments might you use to convince your boss to forego the project despite its high rate of return? Is it possible that making investments with expected returns higher than your company's cost of capital will destroy value? If so, how?