Exam 10: Capital Budgeting Decisions

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Sturn Corporation purchased a machine with an estimated useful life of seven years. The machine will generate cash inflows of $9,000 each year over the next seven years. If the machine has no salvage value at the end of seven years, if Stutz's discount rate is 10%, and if the net present value of this investment is $17,000 then the purchase price of the machine was closest to:

The simple rate of return method does not take into account the time value of money.

Which of the following will have the largest dollar effect on the net present value of a 10 year investment project?

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Dunay Corporation is considering investing $510,000 in a project. The life of the project would be 4 years. The project would require additional working capital of $24,000, which would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The annual net cash inflows would be $162,000. The salvage value of the assets used in the project would be $41,000. The company uses a discount rate of 10%. Required: Compute the net present value of the project.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Pro-Mate, Inc. is a producer of athletic equipment. The company is considering the purchase of a machine to produce baseball bats. The machine will cost $60,000 and have a 10-year useful life. The following annual revenues and expenses are projected: The machine will have no salvage value. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. -The simple rate of return would be about:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Swaggerty Corporation is considering purchasing a machine that would cost $462,000 and have a useful life of 7 years. The machine would reduce cash operating costs by $115,500 per year. The machine would have no salvage value. Required: a. Compute the payback period for the machine. b. Compute the simple rate of return for the machine.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Buy-Rite Pharmacy has purchased a small auto for delivering prescriptions. The auto was purchased for $28,000 and will have a 6-year useful life and a $4,000 salvage value. Delivering prescriptions (which the pharmacy has never done before) should increase gross revenues by at least $32,000 per year. The cost of these prescriptions to the pharmacy will be about $25,000 per year. The pharmacy depreciates all assets using the straight-line method. The payback period for the auto is closest to:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Jason Corporation has invested in a machine that cost $80,000, that has a useful life of eight years, and that has no salvage value at the end of its useful life. The machine is being depreciated by the straight-line method, based on its useful life. It will have a payback period of five years. Given these data, the simple rate of return on the machine is closest to:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Carlson Manufacturing has some equipment that needs to be rebuilt or replaced. The following information has been gathered relative to this decision: Carlson uses the total cost approach to net present value analysis and a discount rate of 12%. Regardless of which option is chosen, rebuild or replace, at the end of five years Carlson Manufacturing will have no future use for the equipment. -If the equipment is rebuilt, the present value of the cash flows that occur now is:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Bonamo Corporation uses a discount rate of 15% in its capital budgeting. Partial analysis of an investment in automated equipment with a useful life of 6 years has thus far yielded a net present value of -$196,163. This analysis did not include any estimates of the intangible benefits of automating this process nor did it include any estimate of the salvage value of the equipment. Required: a. Ignoring any salvage value, how large would the additional cash flow per year from the intangible benefits have to be to make the investment in the automated equipment financially attractive? b. Ignoring any cash flows from intangible benefits, how large would the salvage value of the automated equipment have to be to make the investment in the automated equipment financially attractive?

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Tranter, Inc., is considering a project that would have a ten-year life and would require a $1,500,000 investment in equipment. At the end of ten years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows: All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company's required rate of return is 12%. Required: a. Compute the project's net present value. b. Compute the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent. c. Compute the project's payback period. d. Compute the project's simple rate of return.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Veys Limos, Inc., is considering the purchase of a limousine that would cost $155,776, would have a useful life of 7 years, and would have no salvage value. The limousine would bring in cash inflows of $32,000 per year in excess of its cash operating costs. Required: Determine the internal rate of return on the investment in the new limousine. Show your work!

If the internal rate of return exceeds the required rate of return for a project, then the net present value of that project is negative.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Overland Corporation has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. -The simple rate of return on the investment is:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Cascade, Inc., has assembled the estimates shown below relating to a proposed new product. These estimates are based on a 5-year project life, at the end of which the new equipment would be sold, working capital would revert to other uses in the company, and the product would be discontinued. Cascade uses a discount rate of 18%. Required: Compute the net present value of the new product.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Baldock Inc. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $420,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. The incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that would be produced by the machine are: -The payback period of this investment is closest to:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Juliar Inc. has provided the following data concerning a proposed investment project: The company uses a discount rate of 12%. Required: Compute the net present value of the project.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Mark Stevens is considering opening a hobby and craft store. He would invest $50,000 to purchase equipment and furnishings and another $100,000 for inventories and other working capital needs. Rent on the building used by the business will be $25,000 per year. In addition to building rent, other annual cash outflows for operating costs will amount to $44,000. Mark estimates that the annual cash inflow from the business will amount to $100,000. Mark plans to operate the business for only six years. He estimates that the equipment and furnishings could be sold at that time for about 10% of its original cost. Mark's discount rate is 16%. All cash flows, except for the initial investment, would occur at the ends of the years. Required: Compute the net present value of this investment.

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Mercer Corporation is considering replacing a technologically obsolete machine with a new state-of-the-art numerically controlled machine. The new machine would cost $250,000 and would have a ten-year useful life. Unfortunately, the new machine would have no salvage value. The new machine would cost $12,000 per year to operate and maintain, but would save $55,000 per year in labor and other costs. The old machine can be sold now for scrap for $10,000. The simple rate of return on the new machine is closest to:

(Ignore income taxes in this problem) The management of Urbine Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $350,000, would last for 6 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $79,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 14% on all investment projects. The net present value of the proposed project is closest to: