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    Net Present Value (NPV)

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    Review questions

    Pretend that this restaurant Subway at a shopping mall is an indoor location has been open for 12 months and that business is slow and stockholders are putting pressure on us to do better. True or False? Please see attachment.

    Unequal lives of planes

    Shao Airlines is considering two alternative planes. Plane A has an expected life of 5 years, will cost $100 million, and will produce net cash flows of $30 million per year. Plane B has a life of 10 years, will cost $132 million, and will produce net cash flows of $25 million per year. Shao plans to serve the route for 10 years

    Simulation Analysis

    You have estimated the expected NPV from a project to be $3 million with a standard deviation of $4 million. The distribution of the possible NPV is approximately normal. If you are willing to accept a 25 percent chance of incurring a negative NPV on the project, should it be undertaken?

    N.P.V. vs I.R.R.

    Why is the N.P.V. considered to be theoretically superior to all other capital budgeting techniques? Reconcile this reasoning with the prevalence in practice of using the I.R.R. How would you respond to your C.F.O. if she instructed you to use the I.R.R. technique to make capital budgeting decisions on projects with cash flow st

    Simulation Analysis and Probability

    A simulation model similar to the one described in this chapter has been constructed by The Great Basin Corporation to evaluate the largest of its new investment proposals. After many iterations of the model, Great Basin's management has arrived at an expected net present value for Project A of $1.0 million. The standard deviati

    Learning NPV and Cash Flows

    I am practicing in my NPV and other cash flows analysis methods. Please show me the steps and formulas used to arrive to solutions. Problem#1 What is the net present value of the following cash flows at a discount rate on 12%. T=0/-250,000 t=1/100,000 t=2/150,000 t=3/200,000. Problem#2 You would like to have eno

    Net Present Value Analysis

    The Vice president of your division wishes to propose the implementation of a new service for your health care organization and has assigned the project to you. You have gathered all the information necessary to submit the proposal as part of the budget process for next year. You have determined that the new service will require

    Explain the logic of calculating equity value

    Essentially, there are four steps in calculating the equity value of a corporation: 1. Forecasting free cash flow for several years on an individual year basis . 2. Calculating terminal value at the end of this forecast time frame. 3. Discounting 1 & 2 with the company's weighted average cost of capital . 4. Subtracting o

    NVP analysis Evaluate Costs

    Problem 1 ABC Corp is using NVP analysis to evaluate costs associated with orders. Customer credit terms are net 30 days. The opportunity costs to ABC are 10%. The variables costs to the company for each sale is 60% of the sale and administration of credit to customers is 1.5% of sales. A. If an order amount from a new cus

    The Doraville Machinery Company: product line

    The Doraville Machinery Company is planning to expand its current spindle product line. The required machinery would cost $520,000. The building that will house the new production facility would cost $1.5 million. The land would cost $350,000. Working capital of $250,000 would

    Purchase of a new machine to replace an obsolete one

    The Chen company is considering the purchase of a new machine to replace an obsolete one. The machine being used for the operation has both a book value and a market value of zero; it is in good working order, however, and will last physically for at least another 10 years. The proposed replacement machine will preform the opera

    terminal account value

    For what kinds of investments would terminal value account for a substantial fraction of the total NPV, and for what kind of investments would terminal value be relatively unimportant?

    Present Value Managerial Accounting

    The Cal-Fruit Company specializes in decorative fruit baskets. Currently, the company is analyzing purchase alternatives for a fruit-polishing machine. Data relevant to the decision are as follows:...Please see attachment for questions.

    Determining Negative NPV

    A firm takes on a project that would earn a return of 12 percent. If the appropriate cost of capital is also 12 percent, did the firm make the right decision. Explain. What is the impact on the firm if it accepts a project with a negative NPV?

    Break even analysis and decision tree

    1.) A news clipping service is considering modernization. Rather than manually clipping and photocopying articles of interest and mailing them to its clients, employees electronically input stories from most widely circulated publications into a database. Each new issue is searched for key words, such as a client's company name,

    Risk-adjusted discount rates

    A firm is considering investing in one of the three mutually exclusive projects E, F, G. The firms cost of capital, r, is 15% and the risk-free rate, Rf, is 10%. The firm gathered the basic cash flow and risk index data for the project, as shown below. Initial Investment CF0 E $15,000 F $11,000 G$19,000 Year

    Trade Credit: NPV, Factors Affecting Collection Period

    You work for a company that extends trade credit to customers. Currently your variable cost ratio is 65% and the annual rate of interest set by the company is 4% and the terms are a 30-day net. It costs you $0.07 on the dollar for administrative costs. Your monthly credit extension is $400,000 and you know (based on previous ca

    Investment alternatives using the Payback and NPV methods

    See attached file. A client has 3 competing investment alternatives which are anticipated to yield returns as indicated in the table provided below. You are to advise the client on the best investment having considered both the Payback and NPV methods. The NPV method will be at 10%. You will also need to write a report exp

    net present value of the proposed investment

    6. The following data pertain to an investment that is being considered by the management of Sublex Company: Discount rate 10% Life of the project 5 years Cost of the investment $56,865 Annual cost savings 15,000 Estimated salvage value 3,000 What is the net present value of the proposed investment? Should the project

    Dime a Dozen Diamonds problem 31 NPV breakeven

    Dime a Dozen Diamonds makes synthetic diamonds by treating carbon. Each diamond can be sold for $100. The materials cost for a standard diamond is $50. The fixed costs incurred each year for factory upkeep and administrative expenses are $213,000. The machinery costs $2.4 million and is depreciated straight-line over 10 years to

    Net present value of the following project for discount rates

    Calculate the net present value of the following project for discount rates of 0, 50, and 100%: (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) C C1 C2 ?$7,447.50 +$4,770.00 +$20,250.00 ----------------------------------

    Deer Valley Lodge, a ski resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, has plans to eventually add five new chairlifts. Suppose that one lift costs $2 million, and preparing the slope and installing the lift costs another $1.3 million. The lift will allow 300 additional skiers on the slopes, but there are only 40 days a year when the extra capacity will be needed. (Assume that Deer Valley Lodge will sell all 300 lift tickets on those 40 days.) Running the new lift will cost $500 a day for the entire 200 days the lodge is open. Assume that the lift tickets at Deer Valley cost $55 a day. The new lift has an economic life of 20 years. 1. Assume that the before-tax required rate of return for Deer Valley is 14%. Compute the before-tax NPV of the new lift and advise the managers of Deer Valley about whether adding the lift will be a profitable investment. Show calculations to support your answer. 2. Assume that the after-tax required rate of return for Deer Valley is 8%, the income tax rate is 40%, and the MACRS recovery period is 10 years. Compute the after-tax NPV of the new lift and advise the managers of Deer Valley about whether adding the lift will be a profitable investment. Show calculations to support your answer. 3. What subjective factors would affect the investment decision?

    Deer Valley Lodge, a ski resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, has plans to eventually add five new chairlifts. Suppose that one lift costs $2 million, and preparing the slope and installing the lift costs another $1.3 million. The lift will allow 300 additional skiers on the slopes, but there are only 40 days a year when the

    NPV for both projects

    The following are the cash flows of two projects: Year Project A Project B 0 ?$340 ?$340 1 170 240 2 170 240

    NPVs and IRRs for Mutually Exclusive Projects

    Davis Industries must choose between a gas-powered and an electric-powered forklift truck for moving materials in its factory. Since both forklifts perform the same function, the firm will choose only one. (They are mutually exclusive investments.) The electric-powered truck will cost more, but it will be less expensive to opera

    Computing Net Present Value Problem

    Coffee Company can buy new coffee machines for $4,500,000. The coffee machines will have a useful life of 10 years and have no salvage value. It is expected the coffee machines will produce a before tax profit of $1,200,000 per year. Assuming straight line depreciation is used, a tax rate of 45% and a cost of capital of 10% w