Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 23% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows: Product A Product B Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) $ 290,000 $ 500,000 Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues $ 350,000 $ 450,000 Variable expenses $ 160,000 $ 210,000 Depreciation expense $ 58,000 $ 100,000 Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 80,000 $ 60,000 The company’s discount rate is 16%. 4. Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 5. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%.) 6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred. 6b. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: Accept Product A Accept Product B Reject both products

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Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 23% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:

	Product A	Product B
Initial investment:
Cost of equipment (zero salvage value)	$	290,000	$	500,000
Annual revenues and costs:
Sales revenues	$	350,000	$	450,000
Variable expenses	$	160,000	$	210,000
Depreciation expense	$	58,000	$	100,000
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs	$	80,000	$	60,000

The company’s discount rate is 16%.

4. Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

5. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answers to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%.)

6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred.

6b. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely:

	Accept Product A
	Accept Product B
	Reject both products

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