eBookThe Lesseig Company has an opportunity to invest in one of two mutually exclusive machines that will produce a product the company will need for the next 8years. Machine A has an after-tax cost of $8.9 million but will provide after-tax inflows of $4.2 million per year for 4 years. If Machine A were replaced, its after-tax cost would be $10 million due to inflation and its after-tax cash inflows would increase to $4.4 million due to production efficiencies. Machine B has an after-tax cost of $13.1 million and will provide after-tax inflows of $3.5 million per year for 8 years. If the WACC is 12%, which machine should be acquired? Explain.Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round youranswers to two decimal places.Machine -Select-is the better project and will increase the company's value by $Machine -Select-millions, rather than the smillions created by

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Basic NPV methods tell us that the value of a project today is NPV0. Time value of money issues also lead us to believe that if we choose not to do the project that it will be worth NPV1 one period from now, such that NPV0 > NPV1. Why then do we see some firms choosing to defer taking on a project. Be complete and thorough in your answer.
All parts are under one question, per your policy all parts can be answered. 3. Analysis of an expansion project Companies invest in expansion projects with the expectation of increasing the earnings of its business. Consider the case of Yeatman Co.: Yeatman Co. is considering an investment that will have the following sales, variable costs, and fixed operating costs: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Unit sales 3,000 3,250 3,300 3,400 Sales price $17.25 $17.33 $17.45 $18.24 Variable cost per unit $8.88 $8.92 $9.03 $9.06 Fixed operating costs $12,500 $13,000 $13,220 $13,250 This project will require an investment of $15,000 in new equipment. Under the new tax law, the equipment is eligible for 100% bonus deprecation at t = 0, so it will be fully depreciated at the time of purchase. The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of the project’s four-year life. Yeatman pays a constant tax rate of 25%, and it has a weighted average cost of…
Consider the basic setup of the Diamond-Dybvig (1983) model. Specifically, there are three periods, denoted t = 0, 1, 2, a single consumption good, and an illiquid investment opportunity that pays gross return 1 if liquidated at t = 1, or gross return 2.2 if liquidated at t = 2. There are 500 people in the economy, each endowed with 1 unit of the consumption good at t = 0. At t = 1, exactly 200 will randomly realize that they need to consume at t = 1 (the early consumers), the remaining 300 people will need to consume at t = 2 (the late consumers). The utility derived from consumption is 1 − (1/c1) 2 for early consumers, 1−(1/c2) 2 for late consumers, where the subscript denotes the time of consumption. Suppose a bank can offer an asset that is more liquid, with gross returns Rd 1 = 1.33 and Rd 2 = 1.71 (depending on the time of liquidation). (i) Calculate the bank’s profit after t = 2. In other words, what amount of funds remains at the bank once all depositors have withdrawn? Now…
Kiley Electronics is considering a project that has the following cash flow data. What is the project's IRR? Note that a project's IRR can be less than the cost of capital (and even negative), in which case it will be rejected. r: 10.00% Year 0 1 2 3 Cash flows −$1,000 $550 $560 $570
40. A company has analyzed seven new projects, each of which has its own internal rate of return. It should consider each project whose internal rate of return is _____ its marginal cost of capital and accept those projects in _____ order of their internal rate of return. Group of answer choices Below; decreasing. Above; decreasing. Above; increasing. Below; increasing.
The value of a firm Multiple Choice equals the sum of the individual values of the firm's projects and divisions. is unaffected by the value of any one individual project. increases anytime a project with a zero net present value is accepted. is equal to the sum of all of the future cash flows derived from the firm's projects. increases when a new project with a negative net present value is accepted.
Consider the following two projects: Cash flows Project A Project B C0�0 −$ 240 −$ 240 C1�1 100 123 C2�2 100 123 C3�3 100 123 C4�4 100 a. If the opportunity cost of capital is 8%, which of these two projects would you accept (A, B, or both)? b. Suppose that you can choose only one of these two projects. Which would you choose? The discount rate is still 8%. c. Which one would you choose if the cost of capital is 16%? d. What is the payback period of each project? e. Is the project with the shortest payback period also the one with the highest NPV? f. What are the internal rates of return on the two projects? g. Does the IRR rule in this case give the same answer as NPV? h. If the opportunity cost of capital is 8%, what is the profitability index for each project? i. Is the project with the highest profitability index also the one with the highest NPV? j. Which measure should you use to choose between the projects?
Problem 1. What is the estimated rate of return for n this project
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8. NPV profiles An NPV profile plots a project's NPV at various costs of capital. An example NPV profile is shown below: Identify the range of costs of capital that a firm would use to accept and reject this project, and answer the questions that follow. NPV (Dollars) 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 ← -100 -200 -300 A 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 DISCOUNT (REQUIRED) RATE (Percent) The project represented by triangle A should be B 18 20 This NPV profile demonstrates that as the cost of capital increases, the project's NPV ?
5) Brady Brand is evaluating a project with the given cash flow and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) information. Can you determine the project's modified internal rate of return (MIRR)? Keep in mind that the MIRR can be lower than the WACC, or even negative, indicating that the project is not viable and should be rejected. WACC: 10.00% Year Cash flows 0 1 -$850 $300 2 $320 3 $340 4 $360
(a) Calculate the payback period for each project. (b) Calculate the net present value (NPV) for each project. (c) Calculate the profitability index of each project. (d) Explain to the company which project should be implemented. Support your answer.

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