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Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 25% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:

  

  

The company’s discount rate is 19%.

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

  

    

Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

1.

Payback Period (years) : Product A? Product B?

2.

Calculate the net present value for each product. (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s).)

Net Present Value: Product A? Product B?

Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s). Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Project Profitability Index: Product A? Product B?

Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answer to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3% and use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s).)

Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 25% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:

Explanation / Answer

1. Payback Period (years)   

A B

payback period [Initial investment /Annual cash inflow] 360,000 / 135000 530,000 / 195000

= 2.67 years =2.72 years

  

Note:-    A B

Sales revenues 400,000 510,000

less: Variable expenses 180,000 250,000

Depreciation expense 72,000 106,000

Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs 85,000 65,000

Annual Net income 63000 89000

Add: Depreciation expense 72,000       106,000

Annual  cash inflow 135000 195000

2.   Net Present Value of Product A = present value of cash inflow - present value of cash outflow

=  135000* PVAF(19%,5 years) - 360,000

=  135000 * 3.0576 - 360,000

= 412776 - 360,000

= 52776

Net Present Value of Product B = present value of cash inflow - present value of cash outflow

= 195000 * PVAF(19%,5 years) - 530,000

    = 195000 * 3.0576 - 530,000

= 596232 - 530000

= 66232

3. Project Profitability Index Product A Product B

[present value of cash inflow / present value of cash outflow] 412776 / 360,000   596232 / 530000

= 1.15 = 1.12

4.   Simple Rate of Return (%) Product A Product B

[Annual Net income / Initial investment]    63000 / 360,000 89000 / 530,000

= 17.5% = 16.8%