Problems from Corporate Finance

After evaluating the Super Project for General Foods, the two main things that management needed to address were the relevant incremental and non-incremental cash flows discussed below and incorporate the NPV and the net cash flows (yearly) to make a decision on whether to accept or reject the project. The start-up costs were determined by splitting up the costs of $160,000 in 1967 and $40,000 in 1968. To calculate the yearly cash flows, I used year 1 through 10, and the gross profit was calculated by subtracting out relative cash flows and the before tax depreciation. The NPV of $169,530 is positive for the 10% discount rate, which is less than the IRR of 11.4%.

academic year interest rate of 3.76 percent would pay a 5,032 dollars interest over 10 years,

3. Estimate the project’s NPV. Would you recommend that Tucker Hansson proceed with the investment?

Poor Dog, Inc. borrowed $135,000 from the bank today. They must repay this money over the next six years by making monthly payments of $2,215.10. What is the interest rate on the loan? Express your answer with annual compounding.

3. A 2 – year Treasury security currently earns 5.13%. Over the next 2 years, the real

8. Karen has $16,000 that she wants to invest for 1 year. She can invest this amount at The North Bank and earn 5.50 percent simple interest. Or, she can open an account at The South Bank and earn 5.39 percent interest, compounded monthly. If Karen decides to invest at The North Bank, she will:

a. Starting with $20,000, how much will you have in 20 years if you can earn 5% on your money?

What annual interest rate is needed to produce $200,000 after five years if only $100,000 is invested?

Complete the following exercises and problems from the textbook. Some problems ask multiple questions; be sure to answer every part of the exercise or problem unless otherwise noted

32) Compute the NPV for the following project. The initial cost is $5,000. The net cash flows are $1,900 for four years. The net salvage value is $1,000 when the project terminates. The cost of capital is 10%.

2. If you had a payment that was due you in 5 years for $50,000 and you could earn a 5% rate of return, how much

f. profitability index (PI) is the present value of future cash flows divided by the initial cost. It’s reciprocal to the cost-benefit ratio. It measures “bang for buck”

Burnes, Inc. is a mature firm that is growing at a constant rate of 5.5 percent per year. The firm’s last dividend was $1.50. If the required rate of return is 12 percent, what is the market value of this stock assuming dividend growth equals the growth rate of the firm?

7) See Table 1 NPV=42,318.71 IRR = 14% MIRR = 12% Payback period= 2.93 years. Yes the project should be undertaken.

The present value of the net incremental cash flows, totaling $5,740K, is added to the present value of the Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) tax shield, provided by the Plant and Equipment of $599K, to arrive at the project’s NPV of $6,339K. (Please refer to Exhibit 4 and 5 for assumptions and detailed NPV calculations.) This high positive NPV means that the project will add a significant amount of value to FMI. In addition, using the incremental cash flows (excluding CCA) generated by the NPV calculation, we calculated the project’s IRR to be 28%. This means that the project will generate a higher rate of return than the company’s cost of capital of 10.05%. This is also a positive indication that the company should undertake the project.