X-Treme vitamin company is considering two investments,both of which cost$20000.The Firm's cost of capital is 15 percent.The cash flows are as follows.

Instructions:

I. What is the payback period for each project?    Which project would you accept based on the payback period?

II.What is the discounted payback period for each project?   which project would you accept on the discounted payback criterion?

III. Calculate The NPV of each Project?     Which project would you choose based on NPV criterion ?

IV.Based on the IRR criteria which project would you choose if they were mutually exclusive?

Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 5,200 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $3.9 million and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $435,000 to be returned at the end of the project, and the equipment can be sold for $385,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $610,000 per year, and variable costs are $83 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 13,000, 15,100, 18,700, and 11,200 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $189. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 23 percent, and the required return is 12 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will undertake the project only if it has an NPV of $125,000. What bid price should you set for the contract? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Suppose we are thinking about replacing an old computer with a new one. The old one cost us $1,640,000; the new one will cost, $1,975,000. The new machine will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will probably be worth about $420,000 after five years. The old computer is being depreciated at a rate of $344,000 per year. It will be completely written off in three years. If we don’t replace it now, we will have to replace it in two years. We can sell it now for $540,000; in two years, it will probably be worth $156,000. The new machine will save us $368,000 per year in operating costs. The tax rate is 24 percent, and the discount rate is 11 percent.

a-1. Calculate the EAC for the the old computer and the new computer. (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.)

a-2. What is the NPV of the decision to replace the computer now? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

NPV and IRR   Benson Designs has prepared the following estimates for a​ long-term project it is considering. The initial investment is

23,260

and the project is expected to yield​ after-tax cash inflows of

7000

per year for

5

years. The firm has a cost of capital of

11%.

a.  Determine the net present value​ (NPV) for the project.

b.  Determine the internal rate of return​ (IRR) for the project.

c.  Would you recommend that the firm accept or reject the​ project?

Consider price quotes and characteristics for two different bonds:

At the same time, you observe the spot rates for the next three years:

Demonstrate whether the price for either of these bonds is consistent with the quoted spot rates. Under these conditions, recommend whether Bond A or Bond B appears to be the better purchase. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

The non-arbitrage price of Bond A: $____

The non-arbitrage price of Bond B: $____

____ appears to be the better purchase.

You are considering a project that will require an initial outlay of $54,200. This project has an expected life of 5 years and will generate after-tax flows to the company as a whole of $20,608 at the end of each year over its 5-year life. In addition to the $20, 608 cash flow from operations during the fifth and final year, there will be an additional cash outflow of $23,608 at the end of the fifth and final year associated with the removal of environmental waste, making the cash flow in year 5 equal to $-3,000. Given a required rate of return of 15 %

a. Calculate the IRR.

b. Calculate the net present value (NPV).

c. Calculate the MIRR.

d. Based on the answers above, should the project be accepted? Explain.

Year 0 1 2 3 FTF(Mil) -100 50 100 70 Suppose? Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10%?, market capitalization of $10.80 ?billion, and an enterprise value of $14.4 billion. Suppose? Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 6.1% and its marginal tax rate is 35%.

a. What is? Alcatel-Lucent's WACC?

b. If? Alcatel-Lucent maintains a constant? debt-equity ratio, what is the value of a project with average risk and the expected free cash flows as shown? here,? c. If? Alcatel-Lucent maintains its? debt-equity ratio, what is the debt capacity of the project in part ?(b?)? . What is? Alcatel-Lucent's WACC? ?Alcatel-Lucent's WACC is ______%. ?(Round to two decimal? places.)

b. If? Alcatel-Lucent maintains a constant? debt-equity ratio, what is the value of a project with average risk and the expected free cash flows as shown? here, LOADING... ?? The NPV of the project is ?$________million.???(Round to two decimal? places.)

c. If? Alcatel-Lucent maintains its? debt-equity ratio, what is the debt capacity of the project in part ?(b?)? The debt capacity of the project in part ?(b?) is as? follows:???(Round to two decimal? places.) Year 0 1 2 3 Debt capacity ?$_______million ?$________million ?$_________million ?$_________million

Client X operates in the US currently and is planning to expand operations globally next year. As a result, management is considering preparing financial statements in accordance with IFRS rather than with US GAAP. Client X contacted you for clarification and recommendations regarding the following issues: How the use of the LIFO method to value its inventories will be impacted if a switch to financial statements prepared in compliance with IFRS will be made. Whether interest cost on construction of a new warehouse may be included in the cost of the new warehouse. In what instances should goodwill be adjusted for impairment? Provide a 150- word overview of each issue, followed by solid responses supported by research and proper citing.

What are mutually exclusive projects? What are some of the ways we can evaluate which project is the better investment?

Gaurav Coal Mining, Inc. is considering opening a strip mine, the cost of which is $17.4 million. Cash flows will be $110.8 million, all coming at the end of one year. The land must be returned to its natural state at a cost of $100 million, payable after two years. Compute the IRR for this project. Should the project be accepted if required rate of return is 8 percent? Should the project be accepted if the required rate of return is 14 percent? Explain your reasoning. At what costs of capital, the project is acceptable. Plot the graph of NPV for this project.

4. Within-firm risk and beta risk

Understanding risks that affect projects and the impact of risk consideration

Garcia Real Estate is involved in commercial real estate ventures throughout the United States. Some of these ventures are much riskier than other ventures because of market conditions in different regions of the country.

If Garcia does not risk-adjust its discount rate for specific ventures properly, which of the following is likely to occur over time? Check all that apply.

a) The firm will increase in value.

b) The firm’s overall risk level will increase.

c) The firm could potentially reject projects that provide a higher rate of return than the company should require.

Generally, a positive correlation exists between a project’s returns and the returns on the firm’s other assets. If this correlation is _______ , stand-alone risk will be a good proxy for within-firm risk.

a)high b)low

Consider the case of another company. Davis Printing is evaluating two mutually exclusive projects. They both require a $1 million investment today and have expected NPVs of $200,000. Management conducted a full risk analysis of these two projects, and the results are shown below.

Which of the following statements about these projects’ risk is correct? Check all that apply.

a) Project B has more market risk than Project A.

b) Project A has more corporate risk than Project B.

c) Project A has more stand-alone risk than Project B.

d) Project B has more corporate risk than Project A.

1.

ABC Home Improvement Supplies, Inc. sells Ironton 72 inch digging bars. The annual demand for the digging bars is estimated to be 5000 bars. The ordering cost is $60 per order and the carrying cost is 20% of the unit price paid. Its supplier offers quantity discounts as shown in the following table

  
If ABC is willing to pay a unit price of $25.00, determine the actual order quantity to take advantage of the quantity discounts

2.

ABC Home Improvement Supplies, Inc. sells Ironton 72 inch digging bars. The annual demand for the digging bars is estimated to be 5000 bars. The ordering cost is $60 per order and the carrying cost is 20% of the unit price paid. Its supplier offers quantity discounts as shown in the following table

If ABC is willing to pay a unit price of $23.00, determine the total, including the purchase, carrying and ordering, cost

3.

ABC Home Improvement Supplies, Inc. sells Ironton 72 inch digging bars. The annual demand for the digging bars is estimated to be 5000 bars. The ordering cost is $60 per order and the carrying cost is 20% of the unit price paid. Its supplier offers quantity discounts as shown in the following table

Which order quantity do you recommend to ABC so as to minimize total inventory cost?

How do you think the stock market would be affected if the laws were changed so that trading on insider information was no longer illegal? What would be the impact on the goal of the financial manager if such a change were to occur?

Your client is 31 years old. She wants to begin saving for retirement, with the first payment to come one year from now. She can save $11,000 per year, and you advise her to invest it in the stock market, which you expect to provide an average return of 8% in the future.

1. If she follows your advice, how much money will she have at 65? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

   $  

2. How much will she have at 70? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

   $  

3. She expects to live for 20 years if she retires at 65 and for 15 years if she retires at 70. If her investments continue to earn the same rate, how much will she be able to withdraw at the end of each year after retirement at each retirement age? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

   Annual withdrawals if she retires at 65: $

   Annual withdrawals if she retires at 70: $