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- Zymase is a biotechnology start-up firm. Researchers at Zymase must choose one of three different research strategies. The payoffs (after-tax) and their likelihood for each strategy are shown below. The risk of each project is diversifiable. Strategy Probability (%) Payoff ($ million) A 100 65 В 50 120 50 C 10 270 90 30 a. Which project has the highest expected payoff? b. Suppose Zymase has debt of $30 million due at the time of the project's payoff. Which strategy has the highest expected payoff for equity holders? c. Suppose Zymase has debt of $120 million due at the time of the project's payoff. Which strategy has the highest expected payoff for equity holders? d. If management chooses the strategy that maximizes the payoff to equity holders, what is the expected agency cost to the firm from having $30 million in debt due? What is the expected agency cost to the firm from having $120 million in debt due? a. Which project has the highest expected payoff? (Select the best choice…Start with the partial model in the file Ch10 P23 Build a Model.xlsx on the textbooks Web site. Gardial Fisheries is considering two mutually exclusive investments. The projects expected net cash flows are as follows: a. If each projects cost of capital is 12%, which project should be selected? If the cost of capital is 18%, what project is the proper choice? b. Construct NPV profiles for Projects A and B. c. What is each projects IRR? d. What is the crossover rate, and what is its significance? e. What is each projects MIRR at a cost of capital of 12%? At r = 18%? (Hint: Consider Period 7 as the end of Project Bs life.) f. What is the regular payback period for these two projects? g. At a cost of capital of 12%, what is the discounted payback period for these two projects? h. What is the profitability index for each project if the cost of capital is 12%?The Michner corporation is trying is trying to choose between the following 2 mutually exclusive design project: Cash Flow 1 Cash Flow 2 Year 0: -82000 -21700 Year 1: 37600 11200 Year 2: 37600 11200 Year 3: 37600 11200 If the required return is 10% and the company applies the profitability index decision rule, which project should the firm accept? If the company applies the NPV decision rule, which project should it take? why are a & b are different
- A firm has two potential investment projects. The project information is summarised in the table below. Project A $670 Project B $700 Expected value of profit Standard deviation of profit Coefficient of variation of profit 175 370 0.26 0.53 Which project has a lower absolute risk level? Which project has a lower relative risk level? Which project would you advise the firm to choose? Explain your answers. ---- --- ---- ..- ---Orchid Biotech Company is evaluating several development projects for experimental drugs. Although the cash flows are difficult to forecast, the company has come up with the following estimates of the initial capital requirements and the PV of future cash flows for the projects (all cost values are given in millions of dollars). Project Number 1 || ||| IV V O A. V, IV, I O B. V, II, III O C. IV, III, II, I Initial Capital O D. V, III, II $10 15 15 20 30 PV(CF) $10.1 19.0 Suppose that Orchid has a total capital budget of $60 million. How should it prioritize these projects based on the profitability index? In the following choices, the priority of the projects is from high to low. 22.0 25.0 60.2LEI has the following investment opportunities that are average-risk projects for the firm: Project A B C D E Cost at t = 0 $10,000 20,000 10,000 20,000 10,000 Rate of Return 16.4% 15.0% 13.2% 12.0% 11.5% Which projects should LEI accept? Why?
- Jefferson International is trying to choose between the following two mutually exclusive design projects: Cash Flow (B) -$38,000 Year Cash Flow (A -$75,000 32.400 17,800 30,200 14,200 3 36.600 19.800 The required return is 12 percent. If the company applies the profitability index (PI) decision rule, which project should the firm accept? If the company applies the NPV decision rule, which project should it take? Given your first two answers, which project should the firm actually accept? Project A; Project B; Project A O Project A; Project B; Project B O Project B; Project A; Project A O Project B; Project A; Project B O Project B; Project B, Project BSNA company management is considering two competing investment Projects A and B. Year Project A Project B Initial Investment 1000 1000 1 275 300 2 275 300 3 275 300 4 275 300 5 275 300 DISCOUNT RATE 3.15% help management to choose the most desirable Project .You must use each technique from 1 to 4 and get the answer? 1)Payback Period Technique.2) Discounted Payback Period Technique.3) Net Present Value Technique4) Profitability Index Technique.The Weiland Computer Corporation is trying to choose between the following mutually exclusive design projects, P1 and P2: Year 0 1 2 3 Cash flows (P1) -$53,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 Cash flow (P2) -$16,000 9,100 9,100 9,100 If the discount rate is 10 percent and the company applies the profitability index (PI) decision rule, which project should the firm accept? If the firm applies the Net Present Value (NPV) decision rule, which project should it take? Are your answers in (a) and (b) different? Explain why?
- Ziege Systems is considering the following independent projects for the coming year: Project A Required Investment Rate of Return Risk $4 million 13.25% High BCDEFGH 5 million 10.75 High 3 million 8.75 Low 2 million 8.50 Average 6 million 11.75 5 million 11.75 High Average 6 million 6.50 Н 3 million 10.50 Low Low If Ziege can only invest a total of $13 million, what would be the dollar size of its capital budget? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to two decimal places. $ million c. Suppose Ziege can raise additional funds beyond the $13 million, but each new increment (or partial increment) of $5 million of new capital will cause the WACC to increase by 1%. Assuming that Ziege uses the same method of risk adjustment, which projects should it now accept? Project A -Select- ✰ -Select- ◇ -Select- -Select- ✰ Project B Project C Project D Project E -Select- ✰ Project F -Select- ◊ Project G -Select- ◊ -Select- ✰…Suppose that you could invest in the following projects but have only $29,670 to invest. How would you make your decision and in which projects would you invest? Project Cost NPV A $8,260 $4,300 BCD 10,850 6,470 9,070 4,830 7,170 3,940 You should invest in project(s) ESuppose that you could invest in the following projects but have only $29,700 to invest. How would you make your decision and in which projects would you invest? Project Cost A $7,850 B C D 11,060 9,200 6,540 NPV $3,200 6,460 4,150 3,090 You should invest in project(s)