Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 24% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,300,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 20%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:   Sales   $ 4,200,000 Variable expenses   1,920,000 Contribution margin   2,280,000 Fixed expenses:     Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 780,000   Depreciation 860,000   Total fixed expenses   1,640,000 Net operating income   $ 640,000   Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.   Required: 1. What is the project’s net present value? 2. What is the project’s internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project’s simple rate of ret

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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 24% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,300,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 20%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:

 

Sales   $ 4,200,000
Variable expenses   1,920,000
Contribution margin   2,280,000
Fixed expenses:    
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 780,000  
Depreciation 860,000  
Total fixed expenses   1,640,000
Net operating income   $ 640,000

 

Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

 

Required:

1. What is the project’s net present value?

2. What is the project’s internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent?

3. What is the project’s simple rate of return?

4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity?

4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?

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