Module 3 - Capital Budgeting
Module 3 - Capital Budgeting
Module 3 - Capital Budgeting
Lamar Company is considering a project that would have an eight-year life and require a $2,400,000 investment in
equipment. At the end of eight years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The
project would provide net operating income each year as follows:
Sales $3,000,000
Variable expenses 1,800,000
Contribution margin 1,200,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $700,000
Depreciation 300,000
Total fixed expenses 1,000,000
Net operating income $200,000
Required:
1. Compute the annual net cash inflow from the project.
2. Compute the project’s net present value. Is the project acceptable?
3. Compute the project’s payback period.
4. Compute the project’s simple rate of return. (Formula: Annual incremental net operating income / Initial investment)
PROBLEM 2
You must analyze two projects, X and Y. Each project costs $10,000 and the firm’s WACC is 12%. The expected cash flows
are as follows:
0 1 2 3 4
PROBLEM 3
Wisconsin Dairy Inc. is deciding on its capital budget of the upcoming year. Among the projects being considered are two
machines, W and WW. W costs $500,000 and will produce expected after-tax cash flows of $300,000 during the next 2
years. WW also costs $500,000, but it will produce after-tax cash flows of $165,000 during the next 4 years. Both projects
have a 10% WACC.