Videos
Conch Republic Electronics
Conch Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer located in Key West, Florida. The company president is Shelly Couts, who inherited the company. The company originally repaired radios and other household appliances when it was founded more than 70 years ago. Over the years, the company has expanded, and it is now a reputable manufacturer of various specialty electronic items. Jay McCanless, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by the company in its finance department.
One of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by Conch Republic is a smartphone. Conch Republic currently has one smartphone model on the market and sales have been excellent. The smartphone is a unique item in that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as with any electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smartphone has limited features in comparison with newer models. Conch Republic spent $750,000 to develop a prototype for a new smartphone that has all the features of the existing one but adds new features such as wifi tethering. The company has spent a further $200,000 for a marketing study to determine the expected sales figures for the new smartphone.
Conch Republic can manufacture the new smartphone for $205 each in variable costs. Fixed costs for the operation are estimated to run $5.1 million per year. The estimated sales volume is 64,000, 106,000, 87,000, 78,000, and 54,000 per year for the next five years, respectively. The unit price of the new smartphone will be $485. The necessary equipment can be purchased for $34.5 million and will be
Net working capital for the smartphones will be 20 percent of sales and will occur with the timing of the cash flows for the year (i.e., there is no initial outlay for NWC). Changes in NWC will thus first occur in Year 1 with the first year’s sales. Conch Republic has a 35 percent corporate tax rate and a required return of 12 percent.
Shelly has asked Jay to prepare a report that answers the following questions:
2. What is the profitability index of the project?
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Chapter 9 Solutions
Essentials of Corporate Finance
- The current NPV of a $30 million bond with 9% interest, 8% coupon rate, and discounted at $95arrow_forwardCould you please help to explain the DMAIC phases and how a researcher would use them to conduct a consulting project? What is a measure process performance and how to analyze the process? What is an improve process performance and how the control improves process and future process performance?arrow_forwardConsider the two stocks below. Graph the frontier of combinations of the two stocks. Show the effect on the frontier of varying the correlation from −1 to +1. 1 2 3 Mean A B C D TWO STOCKS Varying the correlation coefficient Stock A Stock B 3.00% 8.00% 4 Sigma 15.00% 22.00% 5 Correlation 0.3000 Farrow_forward
- Lindsay is 30 years old and has a new job in web development. She wants to make sure that she is financially sound by the age of 55, so she plans to invest the same amount into a retirement account at the end of every year for the next 25 years. (a) Construct a data table in Excel that will show Lindsay the balance of her retirement account for various levels of annual investment and return. If Lindsay invests $10,000 at return of 6%, what would be the balance at the end of the 25th year? Note that because Lindsay invests at the end of the year, there is no interest earned on the contribution for the year in which she contributes. Round your answer to a whole dollar amount. $ (b) Develop a two-way table for annual investment amounts of $5,000 to $20,000 in increments of $1,000 and for returns of 0% to 12% in increments of 1%. From the 2-way table, what are the minimum annual investments Lindsay must contribute for annual rates ranging from 6% to 11%, if she wants to…arrow_forwardDoes Airbnb have any impaired assets? If so, what are they?arrow_forward1. Consider two assets with the following returns: State Prob. of state R1 R2 1 2/3 .03 .05 2 1/3 .09 .02arrow_forward
- Bright wood! Seating sells reclining chairs for $55.00 per unit. The variable cost is 322 per unit. Each reclining chair requires 5 direct labor hours and 3 machine hours to produce. ibution margin pemachine hon Wrightwood Manufacturing has a break-even point of 1,500 units. The sales price per unit is $18. and the variable cost per us $13. If the company sells 3,500 units, what will its net income be? Crestwood Industries provides the following budget data for its Processing Department for the year 2022: ⚫ Manufacturing Overhead Costs=250 ⚫ Direct Labor Costs $1,234,500 Determine the manufacturing overhead application rate under the base of Direct Labor Costs. Modesto Accessories manufactures two types of wallets leather and canvas. The company allocates manufacturing overhead using a single plant wide rate with direct labor cost as the allocation base. $48 Estimated Overhead Costs = 30,600 Direct Labor Cost per Leather Wallet Direct Labor Cost per Canvas Wallet = $52 Number of…arrow_forwardNo Aiarrow_forwardNo aiarrow_forward
- List and discuss the various values for bonds discussed in the chapter. Additionally, explain in detail what is meant by "Yield to Maturity".arrow_forwardProvide Answer of This Financial Accounting Question And Please Don't Use Ai Becouse In all Ai give Wrong Answer. And Provide All Question Answer If you will use AI will give unhelpful.arrow_forwardYou plan to save $X per year for 6 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You and your heirs then plan to withdraw $43,246 per year forever, with your first withdrawal expected in 7 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 18.15 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 59 $arrow_forward
Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Q...AccountingISBN:9781305080577Author:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. RittenbergPublisher:South-Western College Pub
Business Its Legal Ethical & Global EnvironmentAccountingISBN:9781305224414Author:JENNINGSPublisher:Cengage
Financial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337272124Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan DuchacPublisher:Cengage Learning