Project Management

Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new process for producing spices. The process requires new machinery that would cost $1,968,450. have a life of five years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following table.
Year Cash Flow 1 $512,496 2 -242,637 3 814,558 4 887,225 5 712,642
What is the NPV if the discount rate is 15.9 percent? (Enter negative amounts using negative sign e.g. -45.25. Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.) NPV is $
Archer Daniels Midland Company is considering buying a new farm that it plans to operate for 10 years. The farm will require an initial investment of $12.00 million. This investment will consist of $2.00 million for land and $10.00 million for trucks and other equipment. The land, all trucks, and all other equipment is expected to be sold at the end of 10 years at a price of $5.00 million, $2.00 million above book value. The farm is expected to produce revenue of $2.00 million each year, and annual cash flow from operations equals $1.80 million. The marginal tax rate is 35 percent, and the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent. Calculate the NPV of this investment. (Round intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
NPV $
The project should be . accepted or rejected? Please choose
Bell Mountain Vineyards is considering updating its current manual accounting system with a high-end electronic system. While the new accounting system would save the company money, the cost of the system continues to decline. The Bell Mountain- opportunity cost of capital is 10 percent, and the costs and values of investments made at different times in the future are as follows:
Year Cost Value of Future Savings (at time of purchase) 0 $5,000 $7,000 1 4,500 7,000 2 4,000 7,000 3 3,600 7,000 4 3,300 7,000 5 3,100 7,000 Calculate the NPV of each choice. (Round answers to the nearest whole dollar, e.g. 5,275.) The NPV of each choice is:
NPV0 = $
NPV1 = $
NPV2 = $
NPV3 = $
NPV4 = $
NPV5 = $
Suggest when should Bell Mountain buy the new accounting system? Bell Mountain should purchase the system in . year 1 2 3 4 or 5 ? (please choose)
Chip- Home Brew Whiskey management forecasts that if the firm sells each bottle of Snake-Bite for $20, then the demand for the product will be 15,000 bottles per year, whereas sales will be 90 percent as high if the price is raised 10 percent. Chip- variable cost per bottle is $10, and the total fixed cash cost for the year is $100,000. Depreciation and amortization charges are $20,000, and the firm has a 30 percent marginal tax rate. Management anticipates an increased working capital need of $3,000 for the year. What will be the effect of the price increase on the firm- FCF for the year? (Round answers to nearest whole dollar, e.g. 5,275.)
At $20 per bottle the Chip- FCF is $Entry field with incorrect answer and at the new price Chip- FCF is $Entry field with incorrect answer.
Capital Co. has a capital structure, based on current market values, that consists of 50 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 40 percent common stock. If the returns required by investors are 8 percent, 10 percent, and 15 percent for the debt, preferred stock, and common stock, respectively, what is Capital- after-tax WACC? Assume that the firm- marginal tax rate is 40 percent. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)
After tax WACC = %