Reynolds Company is evaluating its dividend policy. Selected data for the company are shown below. Capital budget $10,000,000 Desired capital structure 40% debt 60% equity Expected net income $7,000,000
Your company is evaluating new equipment that will cost $1,000,000. The equipment is in the MACRS 3-year class and will be sold after 3 years for $100,000. Use of the equipment will increase net working capital by 100,000. The equipment will save $450,000 per year in operating costs. The company's tax rate is 30 percent and
Quick Printing is considering the purchase of a new printing press. The total installed cost of the press would be $2.2 million. This outlay would be partially offset by the sale of an existing press. The old press which cost $1 million 10 years ago, has zero book value and can be currently sold for $1.5 million before taxes. As
See attached file. 1. The ultimate owner(s) of an ongoing corporation are the federal government. the debt holders. the equity holders. the executive staff of the corporation. 2. Which of the following is a valid criticism concerning the goal of firms to maximize profits?
Zero rates - 6 months= 4.0816% 12 months= 5.1957% 18 months= 5.5176% 24 months= 5.8937% What are the 6-month, 12-month, 18-month par yields for bonds that provide semi-annual coupon payments? Estimate the price and yield of a two-year bond providing a semi-annual cou
See attached File. Capital Budgeting Analysis I have attached a Unit 3 Professional Challenge- Blank Answer Template. The cells that need to be filled in are in the color gray. Virtually all of the cells should have formulas (or linked to other cells) in order to show the work and logic. You must use formulas for your calc
6.1 You and your friends are thinking about starting a motorcycle company named Apple Valley Choppers. Your initial investment would be $500,000 for depreciable equipment, which should last 5 years, and your tax rate would be 40%. You could sell a chopper for $10,000, assuming your average variable cost per chopper is $3000, and
Cummings Products Company is considering two mutually exclusive investments. The projects' expected net cash flows are as follows: Expected Net Cash Flows Year Project A Project B 0 ($300) ($405) 1 (387) 134 2 (193) 134 3 (100) 134 4 600 134 5 600 134 6 850 134 7 (180) 0 a. Construct NPV profiles for Projects A a
See the attached file. 13.24 Complete the following exercise, using this Excel template, and respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings. In eight years, Kent Duncan will retire. He is exploring the possibility of opening a self-service car wash. The car wash could be managed in the free time he has available fr
X Company is considering the acquisition of a new processing line. The processor can be purchase for $3,750,000; it will have a 10 year useful life. It will cost $165,000 to ship and $85,250 to install the processor. A recently completed feasibility study that was performed at a cost of $65,000 indicated that the processor would
The Wee Willie Windless Windmill Corporation is considering the replacement of a machine that was purchased five years ago for $10,000. At the time of the purchase it was expected to have a useful life of 10 years and no salvage value. Wee Willie has located a smaller firm that would purchase the used machine for $6,000 if Wi
Please assist me with the problems below. 3. The Cooper Electronics Company has developed the following schedule of potential investment projects that may be undertaken during the next six months: Project Cost (in Millions of Dollars) Expected Rate of Return A $ 3.0 20% B. 1.5 22 C 7.0 7 D 14
Please see the attachment. Robert recently inherited a stock portfolio from his uncle. Wishing to learn more about the companies in which he is now invested, Robert performs a ratio analysis on each one and decides to compare them on each other. Some of his ratios are listed below. Ratio Island Electric Utility B
Ms. Sweeney, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, she will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program th
1. Besides the rate of return, what additional factors should a firm consider in its capital expenditure decisions for its international subsidiaries and JVs? 2. Based on the current borrowing rates, why would (or wouldn't) a firm want to invest in international capital projects today? In today's economic environment, would
See the attachment. Gavin and Alex, baseball consultants, are in need of a microcomputer network for their staff. They have received three proposals, with related facts as follows: Proposal A Proposal B Proposal C Initial investment in equipment $90,000 $90,000 $90,000 Annual cash increa
3. The McCue Company has equal amounts of low-risk, average-risk, and high-risk projects. McCue estimates that its 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. T
Scenario: Jim Pernelli and his wife, Polly, live in Augusta, Georgia. Like many young couples, the Pernellis are a 2-income family. Jim and Polly are both college graduates and hold high-paying jobs. Jim has been an avid investor in the stock market for a number of years and over time has built up a portfolio that is currently w
Project S has a cost of $10,000 and is expected to produce benefits (cash flows) of $3,000 per year for 5 years. Project L costs $25,000 and is expected to produce cash flows of $7,400 per year for 5 years. Calculate the two projects' NPV's, IRR's, MIRR's, and PI's, assuming a cost of capital of 12%. Which project wou
Examine and discuss the characteristics of NPV and the role that this method plays in capital investment decision making. In addition, discuss the advantages of using this method instead of the other evaluation methods: accounting rate of return (ARR), payback period (PP) and internal rate of return (IRR).
1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Because depreciation is not a cash expense, it plays no role in capital budgeting. b. Under current laws and regulations, corporations must use straight-line depreciation for all assets whose lives are 3 years or longer. c. Under MACRS depreciation, firms write off as
There are two ways to incorporate inflation into capital budgeting analysis. One way is to express cash flows in constant dollars (at the time of analysis) and adjust the discount rate by removing the inflation premium. Another way is to use the nominal discount rate while converting cash flows into current dollars (at the time
In capital budgeting analysis, a proposed project is typically evaluated based on cash flows. Since depreciation is non-cash expense, it is irrelevant in capital budgeting analysis. Is the statement true or false? Explain
Year Cash flow A Cash flow B 0 -$300,000 -$40,000 1 20,000 19,000 2 50,000 12,000 3 50,000 18,000 4 390,000 10,500 Use a discount rate of 15%. 1. If you apply the NVP cri
On January 1, 2010, Fishbone Corp sold a building that cost $250,000 and had accumulated depreciation of 100,000 on the day of the sale. Fishbone received as consideration a 240,000 noninterest-bearing note due on January 1, 2013. There was no established exchange price for the building, and the note had no ready market. The
You are evaluating a capital budget analysis by one of the operating divisions that list the following cash flows in their analysis. Based on incremental cash flows, your evaluation finds some are not relevant. Discuss each of the five cash flows as to its relevancy and if it should be included in the analysis or excluded.
A Restaurant is analyzing a project that requires $180,000 of fixed assets. When the project ends those assets are expected to have an after-tax salvage value of $45,000. How is the $45,000 salvage value handled when computing the net present value of the project? a. reduction in the cash outflow at time zero b cash inflow
A project will produce cash inflows of $3200 a year for 4 years with a final cash inflow of $5700 in year 5. The projects initial cost is $9500. What is the net present value of this project if the required rate of return is 16%?
A company (Nugget) has to choose between mutally exclusive innovations for improving its computer system one is offered by AMD and the other by NRC. The after tax cost of capital is 12 percent. AMD's system costs $1 million and promises after-tax cash flows in personnel cost saving for four years: $400,000 at the end of Year 1
1. What is the definition of working capital? What may happen if an organization neglects to manage its working capital? What techniques do you recommend for your organization? Why? 2. What is capital planning? Why is the internal rate of return important to an organization? Why is net present value important to a project? Ho