Brunette Company is contemplating investing in a new piece of manufacturing machinery.  The amount to be invested is $180,000.  The present value of the future cash flows generated by the project is $163,000.  Should the company invest in this project?   a. no, because the rate of return on the project is less than the desired rate of return used to compute the present value of the future cash flows   b. yes, because the rate of return on the project exceeds the desired rate of return used to compute the present value of the future cash flows   c. no, because the net present value is $17,000   d. yes, because the rate of return on the project is equal to the desired rate of return used to compute the present value of the future cash flows

1. what amount should be used as the initial cash flow for this project and why??   2. What is the after-tax salvage value for the spectrometer?   3. What is the MPV of the project? Should the firm accept or reject this project?

TLT Ltd is considering the purchase of a new machine for use in its production process. Management has developed three alternative proposals to help evaluate the machine purchase. Only one of these proposals can be implemented. Proposals A and B both have the same cost to set up, but the output from proposal A (as measured by future net cash flows) commences at a high rate and then declines over time, while Proposal B starts at a low rate and then increases over time. Proposal C involves buying two of the machines considered under proposal B. That is, proposal C is simply Proposal B scaled by a factor of two. Proposal C results in net cash flows which are similar in magnitude to proposal A's net cash flows in the first two years. The estimated net cash flows, internal rates of return and net present values at 9% and 11% for each proposal are given in the following table. Proposal A -$290,000 $100,000 $90,000 Proposal B -$290,000 $40,000 $50,000 Proposal C -$580,000 $80,000 $100,000 End…

Newtown Corp. has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. If it chooses project A, Newtown Corp. will have the opportunity to make a similar investment in three years. However, if it chooses project B, it will not have the opportunity to make a second investment. The following table lists the cash flows for these projects. If the firm uses the replacement chain (common life) approach, what will be the difference between the net present value (NPV) of project A and project B, assuming that both projects have a weighted average cost of capital of 12%?   Cash Flow     Project A   Project B   Year 0: –$15,000 Year 0: –$40,000 Year 1: 9,000 Year 1: 8,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 3: 14,000 Year 3: 14,000     Year 4: 13,000     Year 5: 12,000     Year 6: 11,000   $13,512   $11,923   $15,897   $12,718   $10,333     Newtown Corp. is considering a five-year project that has a weighted average cost of capital of…

An investor is considering an investment property, but will only pay the price that will result in their desired IRR, given expected cash flows. The property is expected to generate the following cash flows from operations: year 1: $12,000; year 2: $12,600; year 3: $13,230; and year 4: $13,890. Assume that a the end of year 4, the property could be sold to net $190,000. What price must an investor offer to receive an expected IRR of 12%? $139,518 $153,396 $159,752 $145,254 $170,522

Jack Fraizer has the opportunity to invest in a project. The cost of the project is R8 million, with the following estimated future cash flows: Year Cash Flow Year Cash flow 1 R2,400,000 2 R3,000,000 3 R4,000,000 4 R3,200,000 5 R1,800,000 Note: Ignore Taxation The project has a zero residual value The company's required rate of return (cost of capital) is 14%. Use the following discount factors to calculate net present value: Year Discount Factor 1 0.877 2 0.769 3 0.675 4 0.592 5 0.519 Required: 2.1 Calculate the following for the project: 2.1.1 The payback period 2.1.2 Net present value

Brett Collins is reviewing his company's investment in a cement plant. The company paid $16,000,000 five years ago to acquire the plant. Now top management is considering an opportunity to sell it. The president wants to know whether the plant has met original expectations before he decides its fate. The company's desired rate of return for present value computations is 10 percent. Expected and actual cash flows follow: (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) Note: Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Expected Actual Year 1 $3,310,000 2,600,000 Required Year 2 $5,090,000 2,980,000 Year 3 $4,560,000 4,860,000 Year 4 $5,090,000 3,810,000 Year 5 $4,290,000 3,540,000 a.&b. Compute the net present value of the expected and actual cash flows as of the beginning of the investment. Note: Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.

Ryan Corporation is considering three investment projects: X, Y, and Z. Project X would require an investment of $20,000, Project Y of $69,000, and Project Z of $83,000. No other cash outflows would be involved. The present value of the cash inflows would be $23,200 for Project X, $77,970 for Project Y, and $94,620 for Project Z. Rank the projects according to the profitability index from most profitable to least profitable. (Ignore income taxes.) (A) Z, X, Y B) X,Z,Y C) Y, X, Z D) Z, Y, X

Your company is evaluating an investment project. The project would require buying a piece of machinery that costs $23.43 million dollars. As part of the effort to raise money for the project, your company will also sell an old piece of machinery right away which will generate an estimated after-tax salvage of $11.39 million dollars. Assuming the above are all the investment-related activities for your company. What're the project's initial cash flows from investing activities? Note: your answer should be in millions of dollars.

Garden-Grow Products is considering a new investment whose data are shown below. The equipment would be depreciated on a straight-line basis over the project's 3-year life, would have a zero salvage value, and would require some additional working capital that would be recovered at the end of the project's life. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's life. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Cash flows are constant in Years 1 to 3.) Project cost of capital (r) Net investment in fixed assets (basis) Required new working capital Straight-line deprec. rate Sales revenues, each year Operating costs (excl. deprec.), each year Tax rate a. $31,573 b. $30,069 c. $36,550 d. $34,809 e. $33,152 10.0% $75,000 $15,000 33.333% $75,000 $25,000 25.0%