Berdwen, Inc. is analyzing the merits of a potential project. There is great volatility in the marketplace which will impact the project with risky free cash flows. Berdwen, Inc. has a weighted average cost of capital of 15.2%, and forecasts the free cash flows below:   Year Expected FCF 0 -$10,000 1 $16,150 2 -$5,500   Use two appropriate capital budgeting techniques to determine if this project should be accepted.

1. Net present value (NPV) Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net present value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteria that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Celestial Crane Cosmetics is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Alpha) that will require an initial investment of $550,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cash Flow $350,000 $475,000 $400,000 $425,000 Celestial Crane Cosmetics's weighted average cost of capital is 7%, and project Alpha has the same risk as the firm's average project. Based on the cash flows, what is project Alpha's net present value (NPV)? $1,242,736 $292,736 $842,736 $1,011,283 Making the accept or reject decision Celestial Crane Cosmetics's decision to accept or reject project Alpha is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NPV method, it should project Alpha.…

The risk-free rate of a capital-budgeting project a company wants to undergo is 5% and the expected market rate of return is 10%. The company has a beta of 0.3 and the project being evaluated has risk equal to the average project that the company has accepted in the past. Using the IRR method, determine an appropriate hurdle rate according to CAPM.

2. Internal rate of return (IRR) The internal rate of return (IRR) refers to the compound annual rate of return that a project generates based on its up-front cost and subsequent cash flows. Consider this case: Blue Llama Mining Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Delta) that will require an initial investment of $1,600,000. Blue Llama Mining Company has been basing capital budgeting decisions on a project's NPV; however, its new CFO wants to start using the IRR method for capital budgeting decisions. The CFO says that the IRR is a better method because percentages and returns are easier to understand and to compare to required returns. Blue Llama Mining Company's WACC is 10%, and project Delta has the same risk as the firm's average project. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Cash Flow $350,000 $475,000 $425,000 $500,000 Which of the following is the correct calculation of project Delta's…

The internal rate of return (IRR) refers to the compound annual rate of return that a project generates based on its up-front cost and subsequent cash flows. Consider the case of Blue Llama Mining Company: Blue Llama Mining Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Sigma) that will require an initial investment of $900,000. Blue Llama Mining Company has been basing capital budgeting decisions on a project’s NPV; however, its new CFO wants to start using the IRR method for capital budgeting decisions. The CFO says that the IRR is a better method because returns in percentage form are easier to understand and compare to required returns. Blue Llama Mining Company’s WACC is 9%, and project Sigma has the same risk as the firm’s average project.   The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Cash Flow Year 1 $300,000 Year 2 $425,000 Year 3 $475,000 Year 4 $450,000   Which of the following is the correct…

Siegel Industries is considering two capital budgeting projects.  Project A requires an initial investment of $48,000.  It is expected to produce net annual cash flows of $8,000.  Project B requires an initial investment of $75,000 and is expected to produce net annual cash flows of $12,000.  Using the cash payback technique to evaluate the two projects, Siegel should accept: A. Project A because it has a shorter cash payback period. B. Project B because it produces a larger net annual cash flow. C. Project B because it has a shorter cash payback period. D. Project A because it requires a smaller initial investment.

A project has an initial investment of $104. You have come up with the following estimates of the project's cash flows (there are no taxes): Revenues Costs Pessimistic Most Likely $17 12 Multiple Choice Suppose the cash flows are perpetuities and the cost of capital is 10 percent. Conduct a sensitivity analysis of the project's NPV to variations in revenues. (Answers appear in order: [Pessimistic, Most Likely, Optimistic].) -$104,-$34, $76 -$34, $36, $66 -$54, $66, $66 $24 10

Your firm is evaluating a capital budgeting project. The estimated cash flows appear below. The board of directors wants to know the expected impact on shareholder wealth. Knowing that the estimated impact on shareholder wealth equates to net present value (NPV), you use your handy calculator to compute the value. What is the project's NPV? Assume that the cash flows occur at the end of each year. The discount rate (i.e., required rate of return, hurdle rate) is 17.5%. (Round to nearest penny) Year 0 cash flow -115,000 Year 1 cash flow 60,000 Year 2 cash flow 47,000 Year 3 cash flow 48,000 Year 4 cash flow 51,000 Year 5 cash flow 27,000

Answer the given question with a proper explanation and step-by-step solution. Quantitative Problem: Bellinger Industries is considering two projects for inclusion in its capital budget, and you have been asked to do the analysis. Both projects' after-tax cash flows are shown on the time line below. Depreciation, salvage values, net operating working capital requirements, and tax effects are all included in these cash flows. Both projects have 4-year lives, and they have risk characteristics similar to the firm's average project. Bellinger's WACC is 7%.     0 1 2 3 4                       Project A -1,000 600 440 210 260 Project B -1,000 200 375 360 710   What is Project A's payback? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to four decimal places. ____ years What is Project A's discounted payback? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to four decimal places. ______ years What is Project B's payback? Do not round intermediate…

The payback method helps firms establish and identify a maximum acceptable payback period that helps in their capital budgeting decisions. Consider the case of Green Caterpillar Garden Supplies Inc.: Green Caterpillar Garden Supplies Inc. is a small firm, and several of its managers are worried about how soon the firm will be able to recover its initial investment from Project Alpha’s expected future cash flows. To answer this question, Green Caterpillar’s CFO has asked that you compute the project’s payback period using the following expected net cash flows and assuming that the cash flows are received evenly throughout each year.   Complete the following table and compute the project’s conventional payback period. For full credit, complete the entire table. (Note: Round the conventional payback period to two decimal places. If your answer is negative, be sure to use a minus sign in your answer.)   Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Expected cash flow -$4,500,000…