Hittle Company Ltd (Case Study) You are a financial analyst for the Hittle Company. The director of capital budgeting has asked you to analyze two proposed capital investments‚ project X and Y. Each project has a cost of $10000 and the cost of capital for each project is 12 percent. The projects expected net cash flows are as follows: |Expected Cash flows | | | | | |year
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Fin 221 Fall 2006 Exam 3 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Ken Williams Ventures’ recently issued bonds that mature in 15 years. They have a par value of $1‚000 and an annual coupon of 6%. If the current market interest rate is 8%‚ at what price should the bonds sell? |A. |$801.80 | |B. |$814.74
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CASE STUDY ON GOODWEEK TIRES‚ INC. 1.0 INTRODUCTION Capital budgeting is the process of identification of opportunities‚ estimation of cash flow to be generated by the project‚ evaluating and selecting from among the alternative courses of actions and implementing the investment project with proper follow-up. Hence‚ Managers must carefully select those projects which promise the greatest future return. How well managers make these capital budgeting decisions
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Ginny’s Restaurant 1.a) What is Ginny’s current wealth? b) If Ginny spends nothing today‚ how much can sheconsume next year?a. Virginias current wealth = NPV (6%‚ 2‚ 3) = $4.83M. She can consume $4.83M today. b. Assuming she consumes nothing today‚ she can consume $5.12M next year. 2. What should Ginny do to maximize her wealth?Virginia should invest $3m of her money into the restaurant and put the rest in the bank. At theend of the year‚ she will have $5.46M. (ie. A return of 36.5%). Her wealth
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Diamond Chemicals: Case 21-22 TO: Lucy Morris FROM: DATE: September 30‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Merseyside Project In this memo I will be making a recommendation for or against the Merseyside Project. With the help of a few questions that guide my memo‚ I will be able to determine whether or not to continue funding for the Merseyside Project. This memo will include an exhibit that will show an analysis of the Merseyside Project including the NPV and the IRR. In the DCF analysis that was
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equipment. An additional outflow of $453‚000 is considered due to the loss of building and agglomerator use to the Jell-O project. Estimated sales figures were provided and not altered in our study as the figures are the sole pricing information given. We did not include Test-Market Expenses in our NPV calculation due to the fact that we treated them as sunk costs; costs that were already incurred and irretrievable. "Test market volume was packaged on an existing line‚ inadequate to handle the
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RISK & INSURANCE MANAGEMENT CASE – 1 a. With regard to the fuel oil prices risk: (1) Discuss how Juanita could use futures contracts to hedge the price risk. Futures contracts are one of the most common derivatives used to hedge the price risk. A futures contract is as an arrangement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a particular time in the future for a particular price. The main reason that companies or corporations use future contracts is to offset their risk exposures
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Victoria Chemicals: Case study Introduction Victoria Chemicals is a major competitor in the worldwide chemical industry. They are a leading producer of polypropylene‚ which is a polymer used in products such as medical products and automobile components. Victoria Chemicals started up in 1967 when they built two plants‚ one in Merseyside‚ England and one in Rotterdam‚ Holland. Both plants were identical to each other and produced an equal amount of goods. In 2008 these two plants have an old-fashioned
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different types of methods to determine its capital budgeting proposed projects. They include Earnings per Share (EPS)‚ Pay Back Period (PBP)‚ NPV‚ and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR). Of the four methods‚ the two favorable to use for evaluation would be NPV and IRR while the EPS and PBP would be less favorable to use because of its evaluation process. Using NPV is a good method to use to evaluate the project because it takes in account for all the costs relevant to the project and includes all the
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Pan Europa’s Case Study Question 1: Given the current climate of Pan Europa’s corporation‚ the company must seek out invest opportunities to grow the company’s capital and revenue. For the past three years the net income has been tracking at a $2M-$12M loss. Fiscally Pan Europa’s financial decline has been in large of failure to brand and invest in a competitive market. Pan Europa’s future of remaining a viable business depends of taking on strategic projects that would restore strength in the company
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