C F Pancho Republic Electronics - Capital Budgeting Pancho Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer...

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C F Pancho Republic Electronics - Capital Budgeting Pancho Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer founded over 70 years ago that originally repaired radios, but it expanded and now is a reputed manufactures of various electronic items including smart phones, and is located in Key West, Florida. The company is presided by Shelley Couts, who inherited the company. you were hired as a recent MBA in the finance department. Pancho Republic can manufacture a new smart phone for $165 each in variable costs. Fixed costs are expected to run $4.9 million per year. The estimated sales are 84,000, 99,000, 130,000, 110,000, and 90,000 per year for the next 5 years, respectively. The price per unit will be $380. The necessary equipment can be purchased at $20.5 million and will be depreciated on a secevn-year MACRS schedule (14.29%, 24.49%, 17.49%, 12.49%, 8.93%, 8.92%, 8.93%, and 4.46%). It is believed that the market value of the equipment in 5 years will be $4.5 million. Net working capital for the new smart phone project will be 20% of each year sales with the timing of the cash flows's sales (i.e., at the end of each year). No initial working capital is incurred. Pancho Republic already manufactures a smart phone model, which it intends to stop manufacturing in two years. If it does not stop, it will sell 80,000 and 60,000 units at $310 each, respectively over the next two years. The variable cost per unit of the existing model is $120 and fixed costs are $1,800,000 per year. With the introduction of the new smart phone, sales of the existing model will drop by 15,000 units per year and the unit price will have to be lowered to $255. Variable costs and fixed costs of old PDA. The corporate tax rate for Pancho Electronics is 21 percent, and its required rate of return is 12%. Shelley has asked you to prepare a report that answers the following questions. a. (20 Points) What is the profitability index of the project? b. (20 Points) What is the IRR of the project? C. (20 Points) What is the NPV of the project? C F Pancho Republic Electronics - Capital Budgeting Pancho Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer founded over 70 years ago that originally repaired radios, but it expanded and now is a reputed manufactures of various electronic items including smart phones, and is located in Key West, Florida. The company is presided by Shelley Couts, who inherited the company. you were hired as a recent MBA in the finance department. Pancho Republic can manufacture a new smart phone for $165 each in variable costs. Fixed costs are expected to run $4.9 million per year. The estimated sales are 84,000, 99,000, 130,000, 110,000, and 90,000 per year for the next 5 years, respectively. The price per unit will be $380. The necessary equipment can be purchased at $20.5 million and will be depreciated on a secevn-year MACRS schedule (14.29%, 24.49%, 17.49%, 12.49%, 8.93%, 8.92%, 8.93%, and 4.46%). It is believed that the market value of the equipment in 5 years will be $4.5 million. Net working capital for the new smart phone project will be 20% of each year sales with the timing of the cash flows's sales (i.e., at the end of each year). No initial working capital is incurred. Pancho Republic already manufactures a smart phone model, which it intends to stop manufacturing in two years. If it does not stop, it will sell 80,000 and 60,000 units at $310 each, respectively over the next two years. The variable cost per unit of the existing model is $120 and fixed costs are $1,800,000 per year. With the introduction of the new smart phone, sales of the existing model will drop by 15,000 units per year and the unit price will have to be lowered to $255. Variable costs and fixed costs of old PDA. The corporate tax rate for Pancho Electronics is 21 percent, and its required rate of return is 12%. Shelley has asked you to prepare a report that answers the following questions. a. (20 Points) What is the profitability index of the project? b. (20 Points) What is the IRR of the project? C. (20 Points) What is the NPV of the project?