You're trying to determine whether or not to expand your business by building a new manufacturing plant. The plant has an installati cost of $23 million, which will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its four-year life. If the plant has projected net income of $2,035,000, $2,255,000, $2,254,000, and $1,436,000 over these four years, what is the project's average accounting return (AAR)? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Average accounting return %

Consider the following project of Hand Clapper, Incorporated. The company is considering a four-year project to manufacture clap-command garage door openers. This project requires an initial investment of $14 million that will be depreciated straight- line to zero over the project's life. An initial investment in net working capital of $590,000 is required to support spare parts inventory; this cost is fully recoverable whenever the project ends. The company believes it can generate $11.6 million in pretax revenues with $4.4 million in total pretax operating costs. The tax rate is 21 percent and the discount rate is 11 percent. The market value of the equipment over the life of the project is as follows: Year Market Value (millions) a. 1 $ 11.2 9.1 234 4.9 1.3 Assuming the company operates this project for four years, what is the NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.) b-1. Compute…

You are evaluating a new project that costs $15 million over its 5-year life. Depreciation is straight-line to zero over the life of the project and the salvage value is zero. The project is expected to have the following base case estimates: Unit sales/year: 250,000; Price/unit: $40; VC/unit: $15; FC/year: $900,000. The required return is 14 % and the corporate tax rate is 30%. The firm has no debt. The base case NPV is $946,661.1003. Calculate the sensitivity of the NPV to changes to changes in variable costs/unit

You are evaluating a product for your company. You estimate the sales price of product to be $150 per unit and sales volume to be 10,500 units in year 1; 25,500 units in year 2; and 5,500 units in year 3. The project has a 3 year life. Variable costs amount to $75 per unit and fixed costs are $205,000 per year. The project requires an initial investment of $339,000 in assets which will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the 3 year project life. The actual market value of these assets at the end of year 3 is expected to be $45,000. NWC requirements at the beginning of each year will be approximately 15% of the projected sales during the coming year. The tax rate is 21% and the required return on the project is 12%. What will the year 2 free cash flow for this project be?

You're trying to determine whether or not to expand your business by building a new manufacturing plant. The plant has an installation cost of $11.8 million, which will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its four-year life. If the plant has projected net income of $1,293,000, $1,725,000, $1,548,000, and $1,310,000 over these four years, what is the project's average accounting return (AAR)?

Atlantic Manufacturing is considering a new investment project that will last for four years. The delivered and installed cost of the machine needed for the project is $23,957 and it will be depreciated according to the three-year MACRS schedule. The project also requires an initial increase in net working capital of $300. Financial projections for sales and costs are in the table below. In addition, since sales are expected to fluctuate, NWC requirements will also fluctuate. The end-of- year NWC requirements are included below (hint: these NWC capital requirements DO NOT represent the change in NWC for the period). The $0 requirement for NWC at the end of year 4 means that all NWC is recovered by the end of the project. The corporate tax rate is 35% and the required return on the project is 12%. Year 1 2 3 4 Sales $11,653 $12,746 $13,973 $10,638 Costs 2,322 2,536 3,456 1,434 NWC 324 352 231 0 Requirements What is the project's NPV? (Round answer to O decimal places. Do not round…

You are considering a new product launch. The project will cost $960,000, have a 5-year life, and have no salvage value; depreciation is straight-line to zero. Sales are projected at 350 units per year; price per unit will be $15,955, variable cost per unit will be $12,000, and fixed costs will be $625,000 per year. The required return on the project is 10 percent, and the relevant tax rate is 23 percent. Based on your experience, you think the unit sales, variable cost, and fixed cost projections given here are probably accurate to within +10 percent. a. What are the best-case and worst-case NPVs with these projections? Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What is the base-case NPV? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. c. What is the sensitivity of your base-case NPV to changes in fixed costs? Note: A…

Your company is considering a project which will require the purchase of $715,000 in new equipment.  The company expects to sell the equipment at the end of the project for 25% of its original cost, but some assets will remain in the CCA class.  Annual sales from this project are estimated at $256,000.  Initial net working capital equal to 32.00% of sales will be required.  All of the net working capital will be recovered at the end of the project. The firm requires a 10.00% return on similar investments.  The tax rate is 35%, and the project life is 5 years.  There are no other operating expenses.  If the equipment is in a 33.00% CCA class, what is the present value of the CCA tax shield? Options   $153,510   $157,348   $161,186   $165,024   $168,861

A company is considering purchasing a new piece of equipment that costs $100,000 and has an estimated useful life of 5 years. The equipment should increase annual cash receipts by $80,000 per year. Cash expenses to operate the equipment should be $25,000. The company uses straight-line depreciation. If the after-tax cost of capital is 10% and the tax rate is (Round your 30%, the net present value of this project based on the tables in the appendix is $ answer to the nearest whole number.) Need help? Review these concept resources. Read About the Concept

A corporation is considering purchasing a machine that will save $150,000 per year before taxes. The cost of operating the machine (including maintenance) is $30,000 per year. The machine will be needed for five years, after which it will have a zero salvage value. MACRS depreciation will be used, assuming a three-year class life. The marginal income tax rate is 25%. If the firm wants 15% return on investment after taxes, how much can it afford to pay for this machine? Click the icon to view the MACRS depreciation schedules Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when /- 15% per year. If the firm wants 15% return on investment after taxes, it can afford to pay thousand for this machine. (Round to one decimal place.)