Depreciated on straight-line basis to zero salvage value

Assignment Help Financial Management

Reference no: EM131070595

Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 4,900 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $4.5 million and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $102,000 to be returned at the end of the project, and the equipment can be sold for $282,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $647,000 per year, and variable costs are $162 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 10,200, 11,100, 13,200, and 10,500 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $345. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 30 percent, and the required return is 12 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will undertake the project only if it has an NPV of $100,000. What bid price should you set for the contract?

Reference no: EM131070595

Questions Cloud

What is the amount of the expected disbursements : The Wire House purchases its inventory one quarter prior to the quarter of sale. The purchase price is 65 percent of the sales price. The accounts payable period is 45 days. The accounts payable balance at the beginning of Quarter 1 is $29,000. What ..

What is the NPV of the decision to replace the computer now : Suppose we are thinking about replacing an old computer with a new one. The old one cost us $1,340,000; the new one will cost, $1,600,000. The new machine will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. The tax rate is 40 percent, ..

Proportion of the minimum variance portfolio : An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. The standard deviation of return on stock A is 24% while the standard deviation on stock B is 14%. The correlation coefficient between the return on A and B is 0.35. The expected ..

What is the company equity weight and cost of equity : Vedder, Inc., has 7.7 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $62.70, and the book value per share is $5.70. Vedder also has two bond issues outstanding. What is the company’s cost of equity? What is the company’s equit..

Depreciated on straight-line basis to zero salvage value : Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 4,900 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipmen..

What is the company target debt–equity ratio : Lorre, Inc., recently issued new securities to finance a new TV show. The project cost $13.1 million, and the company paid $635,000 in flotation costs. In addition, the equity issued had a flotation cost of 6.1 percent of the amount raised, whereas t..

Manufactures time series photographic equipment : Photochronograph Corporation (PC) manufactures time series photographic equipment. It is currently at its target debt−equity ratio of 0.75. It’s considering building a new $60 million manufacturing facility. This new plant is expected to generate aft..

Compact fluorescent lamps-make financial sense : Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have become required in recent years, but do they make financial sense? Suppose a typical 60-watt incandescent light bulb costs $.47 and lasts 1,000 hours. A 15-watt CFL, which provides the same light, costs $3.50 and..

Using historical cost-net book value and gross book value : The Caribbean Division of Mega-Entertainment Corporation just started operations. It purchased depreciable assets costing $40 million and having a four-year expected life, after which the assets can be salvaged for $8 million. In addition, the divisi..

User Account

All Pages