Reference no: EM132667715

Motorola Mobility LLC is a company that develops mobile devices. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the company was formed on January 4, 2011 by the split of Motorola Inc. into two separate companies; Motorola Mobility took on the company's consumer-oriented product lines, including its mobile phone business and its cable modems and set-top boxes for digital cable and satellite television services, while Motorola Solutions retained the company's enterprise-oriented product lines. Early 2012, Google decided to purchase Motorola mobility LLC for $12.5b. Google had a plan to keep Motorola mobility for 5 years.

Google financial analysis team made the following forecasts:

Year             Cash Flow(in billions)             Net Income (in billions)
2012                1.5                                            1.0
2013                 2.5                                             2.0
2014                   4.0                                           3.0
2015                   3.0                                           2.0
2016                  6.0 (includes 3.5b selling price)        1.5

And that the average book value of asset is $8b and Google's required rate of return is its WACC.

Problem 1: Calculate net present value (NPV) for the above investment decision. Would you accept or reject this investment decision? Why?

Problem 2: Calculate payback period. If you know that google accepts projects with 4 years payback period. Would you accept that project?

Problem 3: Calculate the Motorola project internal rate of return (IRR). Would you accept or reject this project? Why?

Problem 4: Calculate the average accounting return (AAR). If you know that the required average accounting return is 25%. Would you accept that project?

Problem 5: Calculate profitability index of the above project. Would you accept or reject that deal? Why?