Howard Company operates a chain of sandwich shops. The company is considering two possible expansion plans. Plan

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Howard Company operates a chain of sandwich shops. The company is considering two possible expansion plans. Plan A would open eight smaller shops at a cost of $8,500,000. Expected annual net cash inflows are $1,600,000 for 10 years, with zero residual value at the end of 10 years. Under Plan B, Howard Company would open three larger shops at a cost of $8,100,000. This plan is expected to generate net cash inflows of $1,000,000 per year for 10 years, which is the estimated useful life of the properties. Estimated residual value for Plan B is $990,000. Howard Company uses straight-line depreciation and requires an annual return of 6%.
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1. Compute the payback, the ARR, the NPV, and the profitability index of these two plans.
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of these capital budgeting methods?
3. Which expansion plan should Howard Company choose? Why?
4. Estimate Plan A's IRR. How does the IRR compare with the company's required rate of return?
Capital Budgeting
Capital budgeting is a practice or method of analyzing investment decisions in capital expenditure, which is incurred at a point of time but benefits are yielded in future usually after one year or more, and incurred to obtain or improve the...
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