Should the company make this investment?

Assume that a company is considering purchasing a machine for $100,000 that will have a seven-year useful life and a $16,500 salvage value. The machine will lower operating costs by $18,000 per year and increase sales volume by 1,000 units per year. The company earns a contribution margin of $3.00 per unit. The company also expects this investment to provide qualitative benefits that it is struggling to incorporate into its financial analysis. Assuming the company’s required rate of return is 17%, the minimum dollar value per year that must be provided by the machine’s qualitative benefits to justify the $100,000 investment is closest to:   Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.

Hook Industries is considering the replacement of one of its old metal stamping machines. Three alternative replacement machines are under consideration. The cash flows associated with each are shown in the following​ table attached: . The​ firm's cost of capital is 10​%.   a. Calculate the net present value ​(NPV​) of each press.   b. Using​ NPV, evaluate the acceptability of each press.   c. Rank the presses from best to worst using NPV.

Tannen Industries is considering an expansion. The necessary equipment would be purchased for $12 million, and the expansion would require an additional $3 million investment in net operating working capital. The tax rate is 40%. What is the initial investment outlay? Write out your answer completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. Enter your answer as a positive value.$

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…

Birkenstock is considering an investment in a nylon-knitting machine. The machine requires an initial investment of $27,300, has a five-year life, and has no residual value after five years. The company's cost of capital is 10.41%. The company has estimated expected cash inflows for three scenarios: pessimistic, most likely, and optimistic. These expected cash inflows are listed in the following table. Calculate the range for the NPV across the three scenarios. (Click on the icon here in order to copy the contents of the data table below into a spreadsheet.) Year 1 2 3 4 5 Pessimistic $6,720 7,180 8,680 7,770 5.800 Expected cash inflows Most likely $9,240 10,150 11,790 10,740 7.840 Optimistic $11,830 13,260 15,800 12,790 8.780

Project A has an internal rate of return of 10%. Project B costs £100 this year and will generate a cash flow of £105 next year. The two projects are not mutually exclusive. 1. The company should only undertake project A 2. If the appropriate discount rate is below 10%, the company should invest in both projects 3. If the appropriate discount rate is above 5% the company should  invest in both projects 4. If the appropriate discount rate is above 5%, the company should not undertake project B

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 they invest in this project? Oa. yes, because the rate of return on the project is equal to the desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows Ob. no, because net present value is +$17,000 Oc. no, because the rate of return on the project is less than the desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows Od. yes, because the rate of return on the project exceeds the desired rate of return used to calculate the present value of the future cash flows

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

A company is considering investing in a project whose present value without flexibility is 100 million. The project pays no dividends, and the initial investment required is 102 million. The appropriate cost of capital for the project is 20%. The risk-free rate is 5%. Every period the project cash flows either go up by a factor "u", or reduces by a factor "d". Use u = 2.2255 and d% = %3D 0.4493. a) Calculate the NPV of the project without the flexibility. b) Suppose the total investment of 102 million (present value) may be disaggregated into 3 installments, as follows: 52 million in year 0, 21 million in year 1, and 33.075 million in year 2. In any year management has the option to "default" on its planned investment, at which point the project is terminated. What is the NPV for the project with this default option? c) What is the value of this default option?