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4. 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 18% 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) | $ | 170,000 | $ | 380,000 | |
Annual revenues and costs: | |||||
Sales revenues | $ | 250,000 | $ | 350,000 | |
Variable expenses | $ | 120,000 | $ | 170,000 | |
Depreciation expense | $ | 34,000 | $ | 76,000 | |
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs | $ | 70,000 | $ | 50,000 | |
The company’s discount rate is 16%.
Required:
A. Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
B. Calculate the net present value for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to three decimal places.)
C. Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3% and round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.)
D. Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to three decimal places. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
E. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%.)
F. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred.
G. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: