Answer:
Explanation:
South Tel Communications is considering the purchase of a new software management system. The system is called B-image, and it is expected to drastically reduce the amount of time that company technicians spend installing new software. South Tel's technicians currently spend 6,000 hours per year on installation which cost South Tel $25 per hour. The owners of the B-image system claim that their software can reduce time on task by at least 25%. The system requires an initial investment of $55,000 and an additional investment of$10,000 for technician training on the new system. Annual upgrades will cost the firm $15,000 per year. Because the investment is comprised of software, it can be fully expensed in the year of the expenditure (no depreciation). South Tel faces a 30% tax rate and uses a 9% cost of capital to evaluate projects of this type.
A. Assuming that South Tel has sufficient taxable income from other projects so that it can immediately expense the cost of the software, what are the free cash flows for the project for years zero through five?
Total (65,000)
Cash flow year 1 - 5
Saving on installations per year 450,000
Less: Annual upgrades ( 15,000)
Total 435,000
Less: Tax (30%) (130,500);
Total project free cash flow 304,500.answer
Answer:
It is more profitable to raise the selling price by $2.
Explanation:
To determine whether the company should raise the selling price, we need to determine the effect on income. <u>The best option is the one with the higher sales revenue.</u>
Sales revenue= selling price * number of units
<u>Current:</u>
Sales revenue= 5.5*2,200= $12,100
<u>Proposal:</u>
Sales revenue= 7.5*1,800= $13,500
It is more profitable to raise the selling price by $2.
Answer:
ROA = 0.08 or 8%
Asset turnover = 2.4
Profit Margin = 0.033 OR 3.3%
Explanation:
All of the above requirements can be calculated as follows according to their formula
Working
Average asset = (Assets at beginning + assets at end )/ 2
Average assets = (4025 + 4970 )/ 2
Average assets = $4497.5
Requirement A. Return on assets
ROA = Net Income / Average assets
ROA = $359.8 / $4497.5(w)
ROA = 0.08 or 8%
Requirement 2 Asset turnover
Asset turnover = Net Sales / Average assets
Asset turnover = $10,794 / $4497.5
Asset turnover = 2.4
Requirement 3 Profit Margin
Profit margin = Net income / Net sales
Profit margin = $359.8/$10,794
Profit Margin = 0.033 OR 3.3%
Answer:
The firm's unleveraged beta is 1.0251
Explanation:
Hamada's equation is used to separate the financial risk of a levered firm from its business risk.
The Hamada equation:
Bu= Bl/(1 + (1 − T)(D/E))
Bl = 1.4
wd = 0.36
Tax rate = 35%
D/E = wd / (1 – wd) = 0.5625 = 56.25%
= 1.4/ (1+(1-0.35)(0.5625))
=1.4/ 1 + (0.65)(0.5625)
=1.4/1.36
= 1.0251
Answer:
c. will earn zero economic profits but positive accounting profits
Explanation:
A competitive industry is characterised by many buyers and sellers of homogenous goods and services.
There are no barriers to entry and exit of firms. If firms in a competitive industry earn economic profit in the short run, firms enter into the industry in the long run and economic profit falls to zero.
A competitive firm earns accounting profit but doesn't earn economic profit.
Accounting profit = Revenue - Cost
Economic profit = Accounting profit - Opportunity cost
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