Chapter 26, Problem 4MC

Suppose that you are working on a product development venture and your best guess about the cost and revenue is as follows: you expect to spend $2 million on inventories and marketing in the near future (so you can treat all the expenses as immediate cash outlays) but you expect to receive $2.3 million of revenue in two years.  Note that the # is an expected amount that is an average of the optimistic scenarios and pessimistic scenarios. This is also simplified to make the set-up easy. What is your expected return on this venture (in terms of a per year rate of return? In other words, what is the IRR?

The calculation for assessing the value of a firm's new logistics information system is below. Which of the answers will result in the highest cash flow increase to the company, making it worth the investment. Cash Flow Increase = Invoice Value x (Cost of Capital/365) x Difference in Days in the Order-to-Cash Cycle Group of answer choices If the investment causes a dramatic increasing in the order to cash cycle days If the investment causes a dramatic decreasing the order to cash cycle days If the firm borrows money to make the investment (debt financing) at a very low cost If the investment allows sales to remain stable

Jefferson City Computers has developed a forecasting model to determine the additional funds it needs in the upcoming year. All else being equal, which of the following factors is likely to increase its additional funds needed (AFN)? A sharp increase in its forecasted sales and the company's fixed assets are at full capacity. A reduction in its dividend payout ratio. The company reduces its reliance on trade credit that sharply reduces, its accounts payable. Statements a and b are correct. Statements a and c are correct.

Please find the Free Cash Flow based on the following information below: Currently, Ljutic A/I Inc. has hired a consulting firm (Oakland Association-OA) to estimate the size of the market and hence expected unit sales for its main product (E-toral application sensor). OA’s work resulted in unit sales estimates of 318,331, 341,342, 368,769, 383,432, and 376,532 units respectively for the next five years conditioned on Ljutic adhering to an average sales price of $568 per unit for the first two years and $387 in years three, four, and five.  From that point going forward, growth in unit sales is predicted to be 2.72% indefinitely. The results of an independent outside analysis by a leading market research firm has determined that the company can manufacture its product line at a variable cost per unit expected to be $63.47 growing at 2.23% per year for the first 5 years and 3.17% per year indefinitely thereafter while overall fixed costs are estimated to be $10,482,000 annually for the…

The CEO asked you to take charge of the following projects for the company. However, he told you that because of the limited funds available, you have to pursue the projects one at a time. Using the profitability index, decide on which of the projects you are going to accomplish first, second, and third. Project 1 requires an initial investment of P500,000, will provide future cash inflow of P1,300,000, and present value of the future cash inflow of P850,000. Project 2 requires an initial investment of P1,000,000, will provide future cash flow of P3,000,000, and present value of the future cash flow is P1,550,000 Project 3 requires an initial investment of P1,500,000, will provide future cash flow of P5,000,000 and the present value of the future cash flow is P2,835,000.

How would an increase in each of the following factors affect the AFN?1. Payout ratio2. Capital intensity ratio, A0*/S03. Profit margin4. Days sales outstanding, DSO5. Sales growth rateIs it possible for the AFN to be negative? If so, what would this indicate?If excess capacity exists, how would that affect the calculated AFN?

Your boss, the chief financial officer (CFO) for Dream Analytics Inc., has just handed you the estimated cash flows for two proposed projects. Project A involves adding a new item to the firm’s Digital Intelligence software line. It would take some time to build up the market for this product, so the cash inflows would increase over time. Project B involves an add-on to an existing Global Integration self-guided software line, and its cash flows would decrease over time. Both projects have 4-year lives because Dream Analytics is planning to introduce an entirely new Artificial Intelligence software product at that time. The budget is $25,000 for the initial investment. Here are the estimated net cash flows (in thousands of dollars): Expected Net Cash Flows Year Project A Project B 0 $(25,000) $(25,000) 1 12500 9000 2 9900 23000 3 21000 11000 4 14000 1500 The CFO also made subjective risk assessments of each project, and he concluded that the projects both have risk characteristics that…

If you had $100,000 available for investing, which of these companies would you choose to invest with? Support your answer with analysis of free cash flow, based on the data provided, and include in your decision whatever other reasoning you chose to utilize.

he conventional payback period ignores the time value of money, and this concerns Cold Goose’s CFO. He has now asked you to compute Sigma’s discounted payback period, assuming the company has a 10% cost of capital. Complete the following table and perform any necessary calculations. Round the discounted cash flow values to the nearest whole dollar, and the discounted payback period to two decimal places. For full credit, complete the entire table. (Note: If your answer is negative, be sure to use a minus sign in your answer.)   Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cash flow -$5,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,250,000 $1,750,000 Discounted cash flow         Cumulative discounted cash flow         Discounted payback period:    years         Which version of a project’s payback period should the CFO use when evaluating Project Sigma, given its theoretical superiority? The discounted payback period   The regular payback period     One…