As a financial analyst, you must evaluate a proposed project to produce printer cartridges. The purchase price of the equipment, including installation, is $65,000, and the equipment will be fully depreciated at t = 0. Annual sales would be 4,000 units at a price of $50 per cartridge, and the projects life would be 3 years. Current assets would increase by $5,000 and payables by $3,000. At the end of 3 years, the equipment could be sold for $10,000. Variable costs would be 70% of sales revenues, fixed costs would be $30,000 per year, the marginal tax rate is 25%, and the corporate WACC is 11%.

The firms project CVs generally range from 1.0 to 1.5. A 3% risk premium is added to the WACC if the initial CV exceeds 1.5, and the WACC is reduced by 0.5% if the CV is 0.75 or less. Then a revised NPV is calculated.

A) What are the revised values for the NPV?

NPV Best Case Scenario = $

NPV Base Case Scenario = $

NPV Worst-case Scenario = -$

Expected NPV = $

B) What are the revised values for standard deviation, and coefficient of variation?

Standard deviation of NPV = $

Coefficient of variation of NPV =

C) Would you recommend that the project be accepted or rejected?