Capital Budget Recommendation ACC/543 November 19‚ 2012 Fred Johnston Capital budget evaluation techniques are used to determine if cash inflows are enough to repay the company for the cost of assets‚ cost of financing the asset‚ and a rate of return that would compensate the company for any errors made during the estimation of cash flows (“Capital Budgeting Techniques”‚ n.d.). When using evaluation techniques it is best to use more than one perspective so as not to produce biased results
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Comparing Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return by Harold Bierman‚ Jr Executive Summary • • • Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) are two very practical discounted cash flow (DCF) calculations used for making capital budgeting decisions. NPV and IRR lead to the same decisions with investments that are independent. With mutually exclusive investments‚ the NPV method is easier to use and more reliable. Introduction To this point neither of the two discounted cash
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risk-free rate c. Increase the risk-free rate d. Decrease the real return e. Increase the risk premium 4. You have a portfolio consisting solely of stock A and stock B. The portfolio has an expected return of 9.8 percent. Stock A has an expected return of 11.4 percent while stock B is expected to return 6.4 percent. What is the portfolio weight of stock A? a. 74 percent b. 81 percent c. 59 percent d. 87 percent e. 68 percent 5. The market rate of return is 11 percent and the risk-free rate of return
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Other annual benefits per employee - % of wages Annual health benefits per employee $ $ 3 2‚000 12 18% 2‚500 Cost of raw materials per can Other variable costs per can $ $ 0.25 0.05 Purchase cost per can Required rate of return Tax rate $ 0.45 12% 35% Make Cost to produce: Annual cost of direct material Need of 1‚100‚000 cans per year Annual cost of direct labor for new employees: Wages Health benefits Other benefits Total wages and benefits Other variable
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will discount rates of 8‚ 10‚ 12‚ 14‚ and 16 percent affect the project’s feasibility? Figures 6 – 10 provide suggested answers for this question. The answers for this question assume a useful life of 5 years. Using a discount rate of 8 percent‚ the net present value of all benefits is $1‚732‚836.16; the net present value of all costs is $1‚640‚384.79; the overall net present value is $92‚451.36‚ and the project breaks even in approximately 3.84 years. Using a 10 percent discount rate‚ the net present
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additional cash flows to Rainbow of $5‚000 per year. Themachine costs $35‚000 and is expected to last for 15 years. Rainbow has determined that the cost ofcapital for such an investment is 12%.[A] Compute the payback‚ net present value (NPV)‚ and internal rate of return (IRR) for this machine.Should Rainbow purchase it? Assume that all cash flows (except the initial purchase) occur at the endof the year‚ and do not consider taxes. Rainbow Products is considering the purchase of a paint-mixing machine to reduce
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investing into and new project to enter a racing team for a period of four years. The company has its expectations and in order to go ahead with the investment. The cost of capital for this investment is 15percent. The company set a target accounting rate of return on investment of 15percent and a payback period of three years or less for all projects. As external consultants we will be using different m and calculations to be able to determine whether this investment is worth going for and be able to make
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Table of contents: Page no. 1. Introduction 1 2. Investment appraisal 2 3. Payback method 3 4. Present value (PV)‚ future value (FV) and net present value (NPV) 5 5. Project 1 6 6. Comparing projects 11 7. Conclusion 12 8. References 13 9. Bibliography 14 Introduction: In 21st century business is much more developed and competitive as well with the presence of so many competitors
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References: Byrd‚ J.‚ Hickman‚ K.‚ & McPherson‚ M. (2013). Managerial Finance. San Diego‚ CA: Bridgepoint Education Inc. Juhász‚ L. (2011). Net present value versus internal rate of return. Economics & Sociology‚ 4(1)‚ 46-53‚126. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1038451731?accountid=32521 Klein‚ T. C. (2005). Internal rate of return for law firm financial executives: A simple‚ non-t echnical explanation. The Attorney - CPA‚ 40(3)‚ 4-6. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/205864289
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on a particular project will be profitable. This report is able to present the weakness and strength of the techniques according to the wind turbine system project of McCain Foods Company. Payback Period‚ Average Rate of Return (ARR)‚ Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rare of Return (IRR) are used to figure out positive or negative about this project. The McCain Foods decides to invest to wind turbine system through using these investment appraisal techniques. Consequently‚ the recommendations
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