Exam 8: Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting

Use the information for the question(s)below. The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years.The cost of the machine is $30,000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2000 canes in year 1.Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three.The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge its customers is $18 each and is to remain constant.The canes have a manufacturing cost of $9 each. Installation of the machine and the resulting increase in manufacturing capacity will require an increase in various net working capital accounts.It is estimated that the Sisyphean Corporation needs to hold 2% of its annual sales in cash,4% of its annual sales in accounts receivable,9% of its annual sales in inventory,and 6% of its annual sales in accounts payable.The firm is in the 21% tax bracket,and has a cost of capital of 10%. -Construct a simple income statement showing the incremental EBIT and the incremental unlevered net income for all three years of the Sisyphean Corporation's project.

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. Galt Motors currently produces 500,000 electric motors a year and expects output levels to remain steady in the future.It buys armatures from an outside supplier at a price of $2.50 each.The plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these armatures rather than buy them.Direct in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.80 per armature.The necessary machinery would cost $700,000 and would be obsolete in 10 years.This investment would be depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a 10-year straight line depreciation.The plant manager estimates that the operation would require additional working capital of $40,000 but argues that this sum can be ignored since it is recoverable at the end of the ten years.The expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after 10 years are estimated to be $10,000.Galt Motors pays tax at a rate of 21% and has an opportunity cost of capital of 14%. -The incremental cash flow that Galt Motors will incur in year 4 if they elect to manufacture armatures in-house is closest to:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Use the information for the question(s)below. Shepard Industries is evaluating a proposal to expand its current distribution facilities.Management has projected the project will produce the following cash flows for the first two years (in millions). -The depreciation tax shield for the Shepard Industries project in year two is closest to:

How does scenario analysis differ from sensitivity analysis?

Use the information for the question(s)below. Temporary Housing Services Incorporated (THSI)is considering a project that involves setting up a temporary housing facility in an area recently damaged by a hurricane.THSI will lease space in this facility to various agencies and groups providing relief services to the area.THSI estimates that this project will initially cost $5 million to set up and will generate $20 million in revenues during its first and only year in operation (paid in one year).Operating expenses are expected to total $12 million during this year and depreciation expense will be another $3 million.THSI will require no working capital for this investment.THSI's marginal tax rate is 21%. -Ignoring the original investment of $5 million,what is THSI's free cash flow for the first and only year of operation?

Luther Industries has outstanding tax loss carryforwards of $70 million from losses over the past four years.If Luther earns $15 million per year in pre-tax income from now on,Luther will fully deplete their NOL carryforwards in:

You are considering adding a microbrewery on to one of your firm's existing restaurants.This will entail an investment of $40,000 in new equipment.This equipment will be depreciated straight line over five years.If your firm's marginal corporate tax rate is 21%,then what is the value of the microbrewery's depreciation tax shield in the first year of operation?

Use the information for the question(s)below. The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years.The cost of the machine is $30,000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2000 canes in year 1.Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three.The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge its customers is $18 each and is to remain constant.The canes have a manufacturing cost of $9 each. Installation of the machine and the resulting increase in manufacturing capacity will require an increase in various net working capital accounts.It is estimated that the Sisyphean Corporation needs to hold 2% of its annual sales in cash,4% of its annual sales in accounts receivable,9% of its annual sales in inventory,and 6% of its annual sales in accounts payable.The firm is in the 21% tax bracket,and has a cost of capital of 10%. -The depreciation tax shield for the Sisyphean Corporation's project in the first year is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s)below. Epiphany Industries is considering a new capital budgeting project that will last for three years.Epiphany plans on using a cost of capital of 12% to evaluate this project.Based on extensive research,it has prepared the following incremental cash flow projections: -Epiphany would like to know how sensitive the project's NPV is to changes in the discount rate.How much can the discount rate vary before the NPV reaches zero?

Use the information for the question(s)below. The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years.The cost of the machine is $30,000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2000 canes in year 1.Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three.The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge its customers is $18 each and is to remain constant.The canes have a manufacturing cost of $9 each. Installation of the machine and the resulting increase in manufacturing capacity will require an increase in various net working capital accounts.It is estimated that the Sisyphean Corporation needs to hold 2% of its annual sales in cash,4% of its annual sales in accounts receivable,9% of its annual sales in inventory,and 5% of its annual sales in accounts payable.The firm is in the 21% tax bracket,and has a cost of capital of 10%. -The change in Net working capital from year one to year two is closest to:

An exploration of the effect on NPV of changing multiple project parameters is called:

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. Galt Motors currently produces 500,000 electric motors a year and expects output levels to remain steady in the future.It buys armatures from an outside supplier at a price of $2.50 each.The plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these armatures rather than buy them.Direct in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.80 per armature.The necessary machinery would cost $700,000 and would be obsolete in 10 years.This investment would be depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a 10-year straight line depreciation.The plant manager estimates that the operation would require additional working capital of $40,000 but argues that this sum can be ignored since it is recoverable at the end of the ten years.The expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after 10 years are estimated to be $10,000.Galt Motors pays tax at a rate of 21% and has an opportunity cost of capital of 14%. -The incremental cash flow that Galt Motors will incur in year 10 if they elect to manufacture armatures in-house is closest to:

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. Galt Motors currently produces 500,000 electric motors a year and expects output levels to remain steady in the future.It buys armatures from an outside supplier at a price of $2.50 each.The plant manager believes that it would be cheaper to make these armatures rather than buy them.Direct in-house production costs are estimated to be only $1.80 per armature.The necessary machinery would cost $700,000 and would be obsolete in 10 years.This investment would be depreciated to zero for tax purposes using a 10-year straight line depreciation.The plant manager estimates that the operation would require additional working capital of $40,000 but argues that this sum can be ignored since it is recoverable at the end of the ten years.The expected proceeds from scrapping the machinery after 10 years are estimated to be $10,000.Galt Motors pays tax at a rate of 21% and has an opportunity cost of capital of 14%. -The NPV of manufacturing the armatures in-house is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s)below. Epiphany Industries is considering a new capital budgeting project that will last for three years.Epiphany plans on using a cost of capital of 12% to evaluate this project.Based on extensive research,it has prepared the following incremental cash flow projections: -Epiphany would like to know how sensitive the project's NPV is to changes in the discount rate.How much can the discount rate vary before the NPV reaches zero?