If an airline company has a profit before taxes of $1 million flying at 80% of capacity with revenue of $100 million, fixed cost of $69 million and variable cost of $30 million. What is the before tax profit at 90% capacity? What is the contribution margin in dollars of Airline at revenue of $100 million? If an organizati
What is the underlying cause of ranking conflicts between NPV and IRR? Why do you get a conflict in rankings with IRR and NPV?
How does cost of capital financing techniques affect the organization? How do you use capital budgeting and relevant cash flow to compare investment alternatives?
Discuss the relative merits of using the NPV over IRR. Why is one favored over the other? Under what circumstances would one use the MIRR? Which is your preferred technique and why? Explain.
ABC Corp. is considering purchasing new manufacturing equipment that costs $1,300,000 and is expected to improve cash flows by $500,000 in year 1, $350,000 in year 2, $475,000 in year 3, $450,000 in year 4, and $300,000 in year 5. Calculate key financial metrics for this capital budgeting project. A 14% rate of return and a p
1. Using NPV, I need to conduct a straight financial analysis of the investment alternatives and rank the projects. Which NPV of the three should I use? Why? Help me suggest a way to evaluate the Effluent project. 2. What aspects of the projects might invalidate the rankings derived? How should I correct for each investm
Explain how to apply discounted cash flow techniques to determine the value of money.
A junior executive is fed up with his boss's operating policies. Before leaving the office of his angered superior, the young man suggests that a well-trained monkey could handle the trivia assigned to him. Pausing a moment to consider the import of this closing statement, the boss is seized by the thought that this must have be
Benford, Inc. is planning to open a new sporting goods store in a suburban mall. Benford will lease the needed space in the mall. Equipment and fixtures for the store will cost $200,000 and be depreciated over a 5-year period on a straight-line basis to $0. The new store will require Benford to increase its net working capital b
Calculate the net present value and profitability index of a project with a net investment of $20,000 and expected net cash flows of $3,000 a year for 10 years if the project's required return is 12 percent. Is this project acceptable?
Comparing Investment Criteria Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects: Year Cash Flow A Cash Flow B 0 -$257,851 -$31,827 1 25,500 11,483 2 57,000 12,954 3 51,000 11,412 4 405,000 9,674 Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a 15 percent return on your investment. Required:
NPV and IRR Anderson International Limited is evaluating a project in Erewhon. The project will create the following cash flows: Year Cash Flow 0 -$ 468,000 1 183,000 2 208,000 3 223,000 4 201,000 All cash flows will occur in Erewhon and are expressed in dollars. In an attempt to improve its economy, the
1 Prepare a December 31 balance sheet using the following data: The par value of the firm's common stock is $100. Cash $ 4,000 Patents 82,000 Accounts payable 6,000 Accounts receivable 8,000 Taxes payable 2,000 Machinery 34,000 Bonds payable 7,000 Accumulated retained earnings 6,000 Capital surplus 19,000 2 Calcul
Prepare and present a review of 3 web sites you have researched describing the positives and negatives of the user experience with that web site. The sites should be from one industry allowing you to compare how different organizations address the same issues.
2. Suppose that the forward ask price for March 20 on euros is $0.9127 at the same time that the price of IMM euro futures for delivery on March 20 is $0.9145. How could an arbitrageur profit from this situation? What will be the arbitrageur's profit per futures contract (size is ?125,000)?
Please see the attached file. Caledonia Products" Integrative Problem It's been two months since you took a position as an assistant financial analyst at Caledonia Products. Although your boss has been pleased with your work, he is still a bit hesitant about unleashing you without supervision. Your next assignment inv
What will be the NPV of an investment if the following takes place? You have undeveloped raw land that you decide to split into 17 parcels, and begin grading the parcels and putting the streets and underground utilities in mid June 2008. The infrastructure improvements are not completed until mid 2009. You borrow $4,470,
Please see the attached file for complete description of the questions. EXERCISE 12-11 Net Present Value Analysis of Competing Projects (LO2) Wriston Legacies, a retailer of fine estate jewelry, has $300,000 to invest. The company is trying to decide between two alternative uses of the funds. The alternatives are: Pr
A company has a target capital structure with 45 % debt, 5 % preferred stock, and 50% common equity. This company is evaluating 3 projects. Each project has a cost of $1 million. They will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. The cost of the common equity for each project sh
Blanchford Enterprises is considering a project that has the following cash flow data. What is the project's IRR? Note that a project's projected IRR can be less than the WACC (and even negative), in which case it will be rejected. Year: 0 1 2 3 Cash flows: -$1,000 4
Consider the following two mutually exclusive project: Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B) 0 -$322,574 -$23,426 1 29,000 9,699 2 54,000 8,919 3
Comparing Investment Criteria. Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects: Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B) 0 -$350,000 -$35,000 1 25,000 17,000
NPV versus IRR Bumble's Bees, Inc., has identified the following two mutually exclusive project: Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B) 0 -$37,000 -$37,000 1 19,000
How is the required rate of return determined in capital budgeting?
A project has an up-front cash outflow of $100,000. The project's WACC is 12 percent and its net present value is $10,000. Which of the following statements is most correct? The project should be rejected since its return is less than the WACC. The project s internal rate of return is greater than 12 percent.
You are scheduled to receive annual payments of $15,000 for each of the next 13 years. The discount rate is 9 percent. What is the difference in the present value if you receive these payments at the beginning of each year rather than at the end of each year?
Residual dividend model Buena Terra Corporation is reviewing its capital budget for the upcoming year. It has paid a $3.00 dividend per share (DPS) for the past several years, and its shareholders expect the dividend to remain constant for the next several years. The company's target capital structure is 60 percent equity and 40
A real world decision that we make every single day to capital budgeting decision or security investment, but we but don't. Explain how can we go about setting up "investment decision."
Please see attachment. Thank you! 1. Tom's friend is retiring and has offered to sell Tom his existing newsstand that is located in the local mall. All of the equipment is rented so all the expenses and revenues are in cash. The license to operate the newsstand expires in eight years, so Tom assumes he would operate the b
The managers of ABC co. are considering replacing an industrial mixer used in the company's factory. The company's cost of capital is 10%. Information about the old mixer: Cost: $28,000 Estimated useful life: 10 yrs Estimated residual value: 0 current age: 5 years estimated current fair value: $8,000 Annual operating co