Question

Exercise 25-08 Pierre’s Hair Salon is considering opening a new location in French Lick, California. The cost of building a new salon is $262,000. A new salon will normally generate annual revenues of $64,160, with annual expenses (including depreciation) of $40,500. At the end of 15 years the salon will have a salvage value of $76,000. Calculate the annual rate of return on the project.

Answer 1

Answer: 14%

Explanation:

To calculate the Annual Rate of Return on such a project, you divide the Average net profit that the project is expected to make by the Average investment value.

This in effect compares future income to the investment in the project and so is a very useful tool in analysis.

Annual Rate of Return = Average Net Profit / Average Investment

Average Net Profit.

A new salon will normally generate annual revenues of $64,160, with annual expenses (including depreciation) of $40,500.

The net profit is revenue less expenses so,

= 64,160 - 40,500

= $23,660

Average Investment

The Average Investment is calculated by taking the average of the Initial Value of the project and it's ending value.

Initial value is $262,000 as that was the cost.

The Ending Value is the salvage value of $76,000.

= (262,000 + 76,000) / 2

= $169,000

The Annual Rate of Return is,

= 23,660 / 169,000

= 0.14

= 14%