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A company must choose between two investments, Project A and Project B. It cannot undertake both investments. The expected cash flows for each project are: Year Project A Project B 0 ($80,000) ($80,000) 1 $20,000 $60,000 2 $36,000 $24,000 3 $36,000 $2,000 4 $17,000 - The company has a policy that the maximum permissible payback period for an investment is three years. If a choice has to be made between two projects, the project with the earlier payback will be chosen. Each project has a required rate of return of 9%. Required: 1. Which project should be selected according to the company's payback rule? Do you agree that this is the most appropriate investment decision? 2. Which project should be selected according to the Net Present Value rule? 3. Which project should be selected according to the Profitability index? Suppose a company has the opportunity to bring out a new product, the Vitamin-Burger. The initial cost of the assets is $100 million, and the company's working capital would increase by $10 million during the life of the new product. The new product is estimated to have a useful life of four years, at which time the assets would be sold for $5 million. Management expects company sales to increase by $120 million the first year, $160 million the second year, $140 million the third year, and then trailing to $50 million by the fourth year because competitors have fully launched competitive products. Operating expenses are expected to be 65% of sales, and the asset is depreciated using the straight-line method. The Company raised $30 million in debt with a 9% before-tax interest rate, and $10 million in preferred equity (preferred share), and $60 million in common equity (common share) to finance this investment. The preferred equity has a dividend of $1.25 per share and currently sells at $20 per share. Suppose that the Company has a current dividend of $2 per share. The current price of a share of the Company stock is $40. The Company has a dividend payout of 20% and an expected return on equity of 12%. The company's tax rate is 35%. Required: Should the company invest in this new product? Why or why not?

A company must choose between two investments, Project A and Project B. It cannot undertake both investments. The expected cash flows for each project are:

Year Project A Project B
0 ($80,000) ($80,000)
1 $20,000 $60,000
2 $36,000 $24,000
3 $36,000 $2,000
4 $17,000 -

The company has a policy that the maximum permissible payback period for an investment is three years. If a choice has to be made between two projects, the project with the earlier payback will be chosen.

Each project has a required rate of return of 9%.

Required:

1. Which project should be selected according to the company's payback rule? Do you agree that this is the most appropriate investment decision?
2. Which project should be selected according to the Net Present Value rule?
3. Which project should be selected according to the Profitability index?

Suppose a company has the opportunity to bring out a new product, the Vitamin-Burger. The initial cost of the assets is $100 million, and the company's working capital would increase by $10 million during the life of the new product. The new product is estimated to have a useful life of four years, at which time the assets would be sold for $5 million. Management expects company sales to increase by $120 million the first year, $160 million the second year, $140 million the third year, and then trailing to $50 million by the fourth year because competitors have fully launched competitive products. Operating expenses are expected to be 65% of sales, and the asset is depreciated using the straight-line method.

The Company raised $30 million in debt with a 9% before-tax interest rate, and $10 million in preferred equity (preferred share), and $60 million in common equity (common share) to finance this investment. The preferred equity has a dividend of $1.25 per share and currently sells at $20 per share. Suppose that the Company has a current dividend of $2 per share. The current price of a share of the Company stock is $40. The Company has a dividend payout of 20% and an expected return on equity of 12%. The company's tax rate is 35%.

Required: Should the company invest in this new product? Why or why not?

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