The Northern Investment Group is considering investing $2.5 million in a new shopping plaza in Atlanta. The company has estimated that the shopping plaza, once built, will generate $500,000 per year for 10 years. If the firm is looking for a return of 12% on its investment, is it worth undertaking? Assume that the shopping plaza will retain about 60% of its initial investment as salvage value.

Kolby’s Korndogs is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $680,000. The asset qualifies for 100 percent bonus depreciation and can be scrapped for $90,000 at the end of the project’s 5-year life. The sausage system will save the firm $193,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $45,000. If the tax rate is 25 percent and the discount rate is 9 percent, what is the NPV of this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

The management of SoComfy Hotel wishes to capitalize on an investment project that will cost the management to pay $85,000 as an initial cost. This project will take three years to finish with the net cash flows stream of $18,000 for the first year, $21,000 for the second year, and $22,500 for the third year. Should the management accept the project by analyzing the net present value (NPV) of the cash flow stream if they have 12.00% minimum required rate of return on the project?

U.S. Steel is considering a plant expansion to produce austenitic, precipitation hardened, duplex, and martensitic stainless steel round bars that is expected to cost $14 million now and another $10 million 1 year from now. If total operating costs will be $1.3 million per year starting 1 year from now, and the estimated salvage value of the plant is virtually zero, how much must the company make annually in years 1 through 9 to recover its investment plus a return of 23% per year? The company must make $ 7.560 million annually in years 1 through 9 to recover its investment plus a return of 23% per year

U.S. Steel is considering a plant expansion to produce austenitic, precipitation hardened, duplex, and martensitic stainless steel round bars that is expected to cost $13 million now and another $10 million 1 year from now. If total operating costs will be $1.2 million per year starting 1 year from now, and the estimated salvage value of the plant is virtually zero, how much must the company make annually in years 1 through 10 to recover its investment plus a return of 15% per year?

Blur Corp. is looking at investing in a production facility that will require an initial investment of $500,000. The facility will have a three-year useful life, and it will not have any salvage value at the end of the project’s life. If demand is strong, the facility will be able to generate annual cash flows of $250,000, but if demand turns out to be weak, the facility will generate annual cash flows of only $120,000. Blur Corp. thinks that there is a 50% chance that demand will be strong and a 50% chance that demand will be weak. If the company uses a project cost of capital of 13%, what will be the expected net present value (NPV) of this project? -$66,346   -$63,187   -$34,753   -$44,231     Blur Corp. could spend $510,000 to build the facility. Spending the additional $10,000 on the facility will allow the company to switch the products they produce in the facility after the first year of operations if demand turns out to be weak in year 1. If the…

U.S. Steel is considering a plant expansion to produce austenitic, precipitation hardened, duplex, and martensitic stainless steel round bars that is expected to cost $17 million now and another $10 million 1 year from now. If total operating costs will be $1.4 million per year starting 1 year from now, and the estimated salvage value of the plant is virtually zero, how much must the company make annually in years 1 through 11 to recover its investment plus a return of 23% per year? The company must make S million annually in years 1 through 11 to recover its investment plus a return of 23% per year.

Imperial Motors is considering producing its popular Rooster model in China. This will involve an initial investment of CNY 5.3 billion. The plant will start production after one year. It is expected to last for five years and have a salvage value at the end of this period of CNY 513 million in real terms. The plant will produce 100,000 cars a year. The firm anticipates that in the first year, it will be able to sell each car for CNY 78,000, and thereafter the price is expected to increase by 4% a year. Raw materials for each car are forecasted to cost CNY 31,000 in the first year, and these costs are predicted to increase by 3% annually. Total labor costs for the plant are expected to be CNY 2.4 billion in the first year and thereafter will increase by 7% a year. The land on which the plant is built can be rented for five years at a fixed cost of CNY 313 million a year payable at the beginning of each year. Imperial’s discount rate for this type of project is 10% (nominal). The…

Management of Blossom Home Furnishings is considering acquiring a new machine that can create customized window treatments. The equipment will cost $225,550 and will generate cash flows of $97,750 over each of the next six years. If the cost of capital is 12 percent, what is the MIRR on this project?

Kolby's Korndogs is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $735,000. The asset qualifies for 100 percent bonus depreciation and can be scrapped for $101,000 at the end of the project's 5-year life. The sausage system will save the firm $215,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $67,000. If the tax rate is 21 percent and the discount rate is 8 percent, what is the NPV of this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) NPV =