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Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 25% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:
Product A | Product B | ||||
Initial investment: | |||||
Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) | $ | 340,000 | $ | 540,000 | |
Annual revenues and costs: | |||||
Sales revenues | $ | 390,000 | $ | 490,000 | |
Variable expenses | $ | 176,000 | $ | 226,000 | |
Depreciation expense | $ | 68,000 | $ | 108,000 | |
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs | $ | 84,000 | $ | 64,000 |
The company’s discount rate is 18%. |
Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor using tables. |
Required: |
1. |
Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
2. |
Calculate the net present value for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.) |
3. |
Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answer to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3% and Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.) |
4. |
Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
5. |
Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answer to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%.) |
6a. |
For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred. |
6b. |
Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: |
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