ACCT 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Payback Period, Capital Budgeting, Compound Interest
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RozzisRozzis
Construction is analyzing its capital expenditure proposals forthe purchase of equipment in the coming year. The capital budget islimited to
$ 5 comma 000 comma 000$5,000,000
for the year.
LindaLinda
BensonBenson?,
staff analyst at
RozzisRozzis?,
is preparing an analysis of the three projects underconsideration by
ChesterChester
RozzisRozzis?,
the? company's owner.
Requirement 1. Because the? company's cash is?limited,
RozzisRozzis
thinks the payback method should be used to choose between thecapital budgeting projects.
a. What are the benefits and limitations ofusing the payback method to choose between? projects?
Benefits of the payback? method:
A.
Easy to understand and captures uncertainty about expected cashflows in later years of a project
Your answer is correct.
B.
Indicates whether or not the project will earn the? company'sminimum required rate of return
C.
Utilizes the time value of money and computes each? project'sunique rate of return
D.
All of the above
Limitations of the payback? method:
A.
Cannot be used when? management's required rate of return variesfrom one period to the next.
B.
Cannot be used for projects with unequal periodic cash flows
C.
Fails to incorporate the time value of money and does notconsider a? project's cash flows after the payback period
D.
All of the above
Data Table:
Project A
Project B
Project C
Projected cash outflow
Net initial investment
$3,000,000
$2,100,000
$3,000,000
Projected cash inflows
Year 1
$1,200,000
$1,200,000
$1,700,000
Year 2
1,200,000
600,000
1,700,000
Year 3
1,200,000
500,000
200,000
Year 4
1,200,000
100,000
Required rate of return
8%
8%
8%
Requirements:
1. | Because the? company's cash is? limited, RozzisRozzis thinks the payback method should be used to choose between thecapital budgeting projects. | |
a. | What are the benefits and limitations of using the paybackmethod to choose between? projects? | |
b. | Calculate the payback period for each of the three projects. Ignoreincome taxes. Using the payback? method, which projects should RozzisRozzis ?choose? | |
2. | BensonBenson thinks that projects should be selected based on their NPVs. Assumeall cash flows occur at the end of the year except for initialinvestment amounts. Calculate the NPV for each project. Ignoreincome taxes. | |
3. | Which? projects, if? any, would you recommend? funding? Brieflyexplain why. |
1. An increase in the discount rate:
A) will increase the present value of future cash flows.
B) will have no effect on net present value.
C) will reduce the present value of future cash flows.
D) is one method of compensating for reduced risk.
2. Suddeth Corporation has entered into a 6 year lease for a building it will use as a warehouse. The annual payment under the lease will be $2,468. The first payment will be at the end of the current year and all subsequent payments will be made at year-ends. If the discount rate is 5%, the present value of the lease payments is closest to (Ignore income taxes.):
See separate handout to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.
A) $12,528
B) $14,103
C) $14,808
D) $11,050
3. At an interest rate of 14%, approximately how much would you need to invest today if you wanted to have $2,000,000 in 10 years? (Ignore income taxes.)
See separate handout to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.
A) $383,436
B) $540,000
C) $740,741
D) $1,043,200
4. A company wants to have $20,000 at the end of a ten-year period by investing a single sum now. How much needs to be invested in order to have the desired sum in ten years, if the money can be invested at 12%? (Ignore income taxes.)
See separate handout to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.5
A) $3,254.68
B) $3,539.82
C) $6,440
D) $7,720
5. Amster Corporation has not yet decided on the required rate of return to use in its capital budgeting. This lack of information will prevent Amster from calculating a project's:
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A) | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C) | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D) | No | Yes | No | THIS IS THE handout to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.5
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