Dickinson Brothers, Inc., is considering investing in a machine to produce computer keyboards. The price of the
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Dickinson Brothers, Inc., is considering investing in a machine to produce computer keyboards. The price of the machine will be $1.2 million, and its economic life is five years. The machine will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method. The machine will produce 25,000 keyboards each year. The price of each keyboard will be $47 in the first year and will increase by 3 percent per year. The production cost per keyboard will be $17 in the first year and will increase by 4 percent per year. The project will have an annual fixed cost of $235,000 and require an immediate investment of $200,000 in net working capital. The corporate tax rate for the company is 21 percent. If the appropriate discount rate is 11 percent, what is the NPV of the investment?
Discount RateDepending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-1259918940
12th edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan