Question: Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,860,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage
Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,860,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:
| Sales | $ | 2,859,000 | ||
| Variable expenses | 1,100,000 | |||
| Contribution margin | 1,759,000 | |||
| Fixed expenses: | ||||
| Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs | $ | 700,000 | ||
| Depreciation | 572,000 | |||
| Total fixed expenses | 1,272,000 | |||
| Net operating income | $ | 487,000 | ||
2-a. What are the projects annual net cash inflows?
2-b. What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Round discount factor to 3 decimal places.)
3. What is the projects net present value? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
What is the project profitability index for this project? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
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