Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting

U3 Company is considering three long-term capital investment proposals. Each investment has a useful life of 5 years. Relevant data on each project are as follows.

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(a) Project Bono $160,000 / ($14,000 + $32,000) = 3.48 years

Project Edge

Year

Cash Flow

Cumulative Cash Flow

1

2

3

4

5

$53,000 ($18,000 + $35,000)

$52,000 ($17,000 + $35,000)

$51,000 ($16,000 + $35,000)

$47,000 ($12,000 + $35,000)

$44,000 ($ 9,000 + $35,000)

$ 53,000

$105,000

$156,000

$203,000

$247,000

Cash payback period 3.40 years

$175,000 - $156,000 = $19,000

$19,000 / $47,000 = .40

Project Clayton

Year

Cash Flow

Cumulative Cash Flow

1

2

3

4

5

$67,000 ($27,000 + $40,000)

$63,000 ($23,000 + $40,000)

$61,000 ($21,000 + $40,000)

$53,000 ($13,000 + $40,000)

$52,000 ($12,000 + $40,000)

$ 67,000

$130,000

$191,000

$244,000

$296,000

Cash payback period 3.17 years

$200,000 - $191,000 = $9,000

$9,000 / $53,000 = .17

(b) Project Bono

Item

Amount

Years

PV Factor

Present Value

Net annual cash flows

Less: Capital investment

Negative net present value

$46,000

1-5

3.35216

$154,199

160,000

$ (5,801)

Project Edge

Project Clayton

Year

Discount

Factor

Cash

Flow

PV

Cash

Flow

PV

1

2

3

4

5

Total

.86957

.75614

.65752

.57175

.49718

$ 53,000

52,000

51,000

47,000

44,000

$247,000

$ 46,087

39,319

33,534

26,872

21,876

167,688

175,000 

 

$ (7,312)

$ 67,000

63,000

61,000

53,000

52,000

$296,000

$ 58,261

47,637 40,109

30,303

25,853

202,163

200,000 

 

$ 2,163

Less: Capital
investment

Positive (negative)

net present value

(c) Project Bono = $14,000 / [($160,000 + $0) / 2] = 17.5%.

Project Edge = $14,400 / [($175,000 + $0) / 2] = 16.5%.

Project Clayton = $19,200 / [($200,000 + $0) / 2] = 19.2%.

(d)

Project

Cash Payback

Net

Present Value

Annual

Rate of Return

Bono

Edge

Clayton

3

2

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

The best project is Clayton.

 
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