Alli is planning to open a small gym in Óseyri. He has researched the prices of equipment and necessary equipment and believes he needs to invest €250,000 to get off the ground (year 0). He has also assessed the demand and believes that the activity can bring him €50,000 per year after taxes in positive cash-flow for the next eight years. Alli assumes that the devices and equipment will be worthless after that time. He considers it appropriate to assume a 15% rate of return on the capital he needs for the investment. Alli asks you to evaluate this project by calculating the project's profitability index (Profitability Index). i) What is the profitability index of the project? ii) Do you think Alli should go into this activity based on that result? Why / why not? iii) How high a rate of return does this investment support?

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Alli is planning to open a small gym in Óseyri. He has researched the prices of equipment and necessary equipment and believes he needs to invest €250,000 to get off the ground (year 0). He has also assessed the demand and believes that the activity can bring him €50,000 per year after taxes in positive cash-flow for the next eight years. Alli assumes that the devices and equipment will be worthless after that time. He considers it appropriate to assume a 15% rate of return on the capital he needs for the investment. Alli asks you to evaluate this project by calculating the project's profitability index (Profitability Index).

i) What is the profitability index of the project?

ii) Do you think Alli should go into this activity based on that result? Why / why not?

iii) How high a rate of return does this investment support?

 

 

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