A pharmaceutical company has been able to generate a capital of $5 million from a generous investor. The higher management wants to use the money wisely. The company is looking forward to investing in acquiring patents that will cost around $3 million in the coming year. There is a need to maintain $180,000 of working capital every month to keep running its operations. Currently, the company can barely generate enough revenue to meet its monthly expenses and suffers an occasional loss every two quarters.  Below are some of the options for using the capital. Evaluate each one of them and recommend the best one. Invest in acquiring a newly formed company worth $5million that has great technical assets. The company has not been fortunate to generate enough revenue to run its operations. Do not invest the money and use it to keep running the company’s operations.

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question

A pharmaceutical company has been able to generate a capital of $5 million from a generous investor. The higher management wants to use the money wisely. The company is looking forward to investing in acquiring patents that will cost around $3 million in the coming year. There is a need to maintain $180,000 of working capital every month to keep running its operations. Currently, the company can barely generate enough revenue to meet its monthly expenses and suffers an occasional loss every two quarters. 

Below are some of the options for using the capital. Evaluate each one of them and recommend the best one.

  1. Invest in acquiring a newly formed company worth $5million that has great technical assets. The company has not been fortunate to generate enough revenue to run its operations.
  2. Do not invest the money and use it to keep running the company’s operations.
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Capital Budgeting
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education