Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,700,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales $ 4,400,000 Variable expenses 2,000,000 Contribution margin 2,400,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 800,000 Depreciation 940,000 Total fixed expenses 1,740,000 Net operating income $ 660,000 Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. What is the project’s net present value? 2. What is the project’s internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project’s simple rate of return? 4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity? 4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Cost Volume Profit (CVP) analysis is a cost accounting method that analyses the effect of fluctuating cost and volume on the operating profit. Also known as break-even analysis, CVP determines the break-even point for varying volumes of sales and cost structures. This information helps the managers make economic decisions on a short-term basis. CVP analysis is based on many assumptions. Sales price, variable costs, and fixed costs per unit are assumed to be constant. The analysis also assumes that all units produced are sold and costs get impacted due to changes in activities. All costs incurred by the company like administrative, manufacturing, and selling costs are identified as either fixed or variable.
Marginal Costing
Marginal cost is defined as the change in the total cost which takes place when one additional unit of a product is manufactured. The marginal cost is influenced only by the variations which generally occur in the variable costs because the fixed costs remain the same irrespective of the output produced. The concept of marginal cost is used for product pricing when the customers want the lowest possible price for a certain number of orders. There is no accounting entry for marginal cost and it is only used by the management for taking effective decisions.
Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s
| Sales | $ | 4,400,000 | ||
| Variable expenses | 2,000,000 | |||
| Contribution margin | 2,400,000 | |||
| Fixed expenses: | ||||
| Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs |
$ | 800,000 | ||
| 940,000 | ||||
| Total fixed expenses | 1,740,000 | |||
| Net operating income | $ | 660,000 | ||
Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.
Required:
1. What is the project’s
2. What is the project’s
3. What is the project’s simple rate of return?
4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity?
4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?
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