Question

The owner of Waco Waffle House is considering an expansion of the business. He has identified two alternatives, as follows:

• Build a new restaurant near the mall.
• Buy and renovate an old building downtown for the new restaurant.

The projected cash flows from these two alternatives are shown below. The owner of the restaurant uses a 16 percent after-tax discount rate.

Investment Proposal	Cash Outflow: Time 0			Net After-Tax Cash Inflows*
				Years 1–10			Years 11–20
Mall restaurant	$	268,500		$	49,000		$	49,000
Downtown restaurant		131,500			31,000			—

* Includes after-tax cash flows from all sources, including incremental revenue, incremental expenses, and depreciation tax shield.

Use Appendix A for your reference. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Required:
1. Compute the net present value of each alternative restaurant site. (Round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

	Net Present Value Mall restaurant Downtown restaurant

2. Compute the profitability index for each alternative. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

	Profitablility Index Mall restaurant Downtown restaurant

3. How do the two sites rank in terms of NPV and the profitability index?

	NPV Profitablility Index Mall restaurant Downtown restaurant

Answer 1

1.  Net present value of each alternative restaurant site.

Net Present Value
Mall restaurant $ 22021
Downtown restaurant $ 18323

2. Profitability index for each alternative.

Profitablility Index
Mall restaurant 1.08
Downtown restaurant 1.14

3.Ranking

	NPV	Profitability Index
Mall Restaurant	1	2
Downtown Restaurant	2	1

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