Leonard Motors is trying to increase its international export business. It is considering several alternatives. The three options along with their associated cash flows are listed below. Options: 01: Equipment costs $900K now and another $560K in 2 years. Annual M&O costs $79,000. Life of project is 10 years. 02: Subcontract production for an annual payment of $280K for years 0 (now) through 10. 03: Pay $400K now. Annual expenses exceed annual revenue starting at EOY 1 by $420K and increase 5% per year through EOY 5. Annual revenues exceed annual expenses by $50K from EOY 6 to 10. There is a salvage value of $100K at EOY 10. Please calculate your answer to the nearest whole dollar. Format 0000 No commas The MARR for Leonard Motors is 15% APR compounded quarterly. a. Which option is most financially beneficial to Leonard Motors? O A. Option 2 O B. Option 3 O C. Option 1 b. Based on part a, what is the PW of the most financially beneficial to Leonard Motors? $

Leonard Motors is trying to increase its international export business. It is considering several alternatives. The three options along with their associated cash flows are listed below. Options: 01: Equipment costs $900K now and another $560K in 2 years. Annual M&O costs $79,000. Life of project is 10 years. 02: Subcontract production for an annual payment of $280K for years 0 (now) through 10. 03: Pay $400K now. Annual expenses exceed annual revenue starting at EOY 1 by $420K and increase 5% per year through EOY 5. Annual revenues exceed annual expenses by $50K from EOY 6 to 10. There is a salvage value of $100K at EOY 10. Please calculate your answer to the nearest whole dollar. Format 0000 No commas The MARR for Leonard Motors is 15% APR compounded quarterly. a. Which option is most financially beneficial to Leonard Motors? O A. Option 2 O B. Option 3 O C. Option 1 b. Based on part a, what is the PW of the most financially beneficial to Leonard Motors? $

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305970663

Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Publisher:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Chapter19: Capital Investment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 15E: Gina Ripley, president of Dearing Company, is considering the purchase of a computer-aided...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Each of the following scenarios is independent. All cash flows are after-tax cash flows. Required: 1. Patz Corporation is considering the purchase of a computer-aided manufacturing system. The cash benefits will be 800,000 per year. The system costs 4,000,000 and will last eight years. Compute the NPV assuming a discount rate of 10 percent. Should the company buy the new system? 2. Sterling Wetzel has just invested 270,000 in a restaurant specializing in German food. He expects to receive 43,470 per year for the next eight years. His cost of capital is 5.5 percent. Compute the internal rate of return. Did Sterling make a good decision?
Gina Ripley, president of Dearing Company, is considering the purchase of a computer-aided manufacturing system. The annual net cash benefits and savings associated with the system are described as follows: The system will cost 9,000,000 and last 10 years. The companys cost of capital is 12 percent. Required: 1. Calculate the payback period for the system. Assume that the company has a policy of only accepting projects with a payback of five years or less. Would the system be acquired? 2. Calculate the NPV and IRR for the project. Should the system be purchasedeven if it does not meet the payback criterion? 3. The project manager reviewed the projected cash flows and pointed out that two items had been missed. First, the system would have a salvage value, net of any tax effects, of 1,000,000 at the end of 10 years. Second, the increased quality and delivery performance would allow the company to increase its market share by 20 percent. This would produce an additional annual net benefit of 300,000. Recalculate the payback period, NPV, and IRR given this new information. (For the IRR computation, initially ignore salvage value.) Does the decision change? Suppose that the salvage value is only half what is projected. Does this make a difference in the outcome? Does salvage value have any real bearing on the companys decision?
The Rodriguez Company is considering an average-risk investment in a mineral water spring project that has an initial after-tax cost of 170,000. The project will produce 1,000 cases of mineral water per year indefinitely, starting at Year 1. The Year-1 sales price will be 138 per case, and the Year-1 cost per case will be 105. The firm is taxed at a rate of 25%. Both prices and costs are expected to rise after Year 1 at a rate of 6% per year due to inflation. The firm uses only equity, and it has a cost of capital of 15%. Assume that cash flows consist only of after-tax profits because the spring has an indefinite life and will not be depreciated. a. What is the present value of future cash flows? (Hint: The project is a growing perpetuity, so you must use the constant growth formula to find its NPV.) What is the NPV? b. Suppose that the company had forgotten to include future inflation. What would they have incorrectly calculated as the projects NPV?
Jasmine Manufacturing is considering a project that will require an initial investment of $52,000 and is expected to generate future cash flows of $10,000 for years 1 through 3, $8,000 for years 4 and 5, and $2,000 for years 6 through 10. What is the payback period for this project?
Redbird Company is considering a project with an initial investment of $265,000 in new equipment that will yield annual net cash flows of $45,800 each year over its seven-year life. The companys minimum required rate of return is 8%. What is the internal rate of return? Should Redbird accept the project based on IRR?
Markoff Products is considering two competing projects, but only one will be selected. Project A requires an initial investment of $42,000 and is expected to generate future cash flows of $6,000 for each of the next 50 years. Project B requires an initial investment of $210,000 and will generate $30,000 for each of the next 10 years. If Markoff requires a payback of 8 years or less, which project should it select based on payback periods?
Falkland, Inc., is considering the purchase of a patent that has a cost of $50,000 and an estimated revenue producing life of 4 years. Falkland has a cost of capital of 8%. The patent is expected to generate the following amounts of annual income and cash flows: A. What is the NPV of the investment? B. What happens if the required rate of return increases?
Wansley Lumber is considering the purchase of a paper company, which would require an initial investment of $300 million. Wansley estimates that the paper company would provide net cash flows of $40 million at the end of each of the next 20 years. The cost of capital for the paper company is 13%. Should Wansley purchase the paper company? Wansley realizes that the cash flows in Years 1 to 20 might be $30 million per year or $50 million per year, with a 50% probability of each outcome. Because of the nature of the purchase contract, Wansley can sell the company 2 years after purchase (at Year 2 in this case) for $280 million if it no longer wants to own it. Given this additional information, does decision-tree analysis indicate that it makes sense to purchase the paper company? Again, assume that all cash flows are discounted at 13%. Wansley can wait for 1 year and find out whether the cash flows will be $30 million per year or $50 million per year before deciding to purchase the company. Because of the nature of the purchase contract, if it waits to purchase, Wansley can no longer sell the company 2 years after purchase. Given this additional information, does decision-tree analysis indicate that it makes sense to purchase the paper company? If so, when? Again, assume that all cash flows are discounted at 13%.
Your company is planning to purchase a new log splitter for is lawn and garden business. The new splitter has an initial investment of $180,000. It is expected to generate $25,000 of annual cash flows, provide incremental cash revenues of $150,000, and incur incremental cash expenses of $100,000 annually. What is the payback period and accounting rate of return (ARR)?
Your firm is considering the purchase of two alternative machinery: Machine A has an expected life of 2 years, will cost Rs. 75 million, and will produce net cash flows of INR 45 million per year. Machine B has a life of 4 years, will cost INR 100 million, and will produce net cash flows of INR 33 million per year. Your firm plans to use the chosen machine for only 4 years. Inflation in operating costs, machinery costs, is expected to be zero, and the company’s cost of capital is 9%. Which machine is acceptable as the better project using replacement chain method? Will your choice hold if cost of A becomes INR 90 million for second year? What is the equivalent annual annuity cost for each machine and evaluating with this criterion, do you find any difference in your decision on the better machinery, when you had used replacement chain method?
Muffins co. is considering to modernize its production facilities and it has two proposals under consideration. The expected cash flows associated with these projects is as follows. The discount rate associated with both the projects is 12%. Years Proposal 1- $ Proposal 2- $ 0 (40,000) (64000) 1 18000 10000 2 24000 32000 3 32000 19000 4 11000 25000 Required: Calculate NPV for proposal 2 Write that which proposal is better on the basis of discounted payback. Write only 1 or 2 Write that which proposal is better on the basis of IRR. Write only 1 or 2 Write that which proposal is better on the basis of NPV. Write only 1 or 2
Stenson, Inc., imposes a payback cutoff of three years for its international investment projects. Assume the company has the following two projects available. Cash Flow(A) -$ 54,000 21,500 28,400 23,500 9,500 Cash Flow(B) -$ 99,000 23,500 28,500 30,500 241.000 Year What is the payback period for each project? Project A years Project B years Which, if either, project(s) should the company accept? -234