Calculate the NPV of the investment. Should the company invest in the project? Why or why not?

Bradford Company is considering an investment opportunity with the following expected net cash inflows: Year 1, $255,000; Year 2, $160,000; Year 3, $105,000. The company uses a discount rate of 10% and the initial investment is $370,000. (Click the icon to view Present Value of $1 table.) Click the icon to view Present Value of Ordinary Annuity of $1 table.) Calculate the NPV of the investment. Should the company invest in the project? Why or why not? = Use the following table to calculate the net present value of the project. (Enter any factor amounts to three decimal places, X.XXX.) Net Cash PV Factor (i Years Inflow = 10%) Present Value Year 1 Present value of each year's inflow: (n = 1) Year 2 Present value of each year's inflow: (n = 2) Year 3 Present value of each year's inflow: (n = 3) Total PV of cash inflows Year 0 Initial investment Net present value of the project Present Value of $1 Periods Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.980 0.961 0.943 0.925 0.907 0.890 0.971 0.942 0.915 0.889 0.864 0.840 0.961 0.924 0.888 0.855 0.823 0.792 0.951 0.906 0.863 0.822 0.784 0.747 7% 0.935 0.873 0.816 0.763 0.713 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 15% 16% 18% 20% 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.893 0.877 0.870 0.862 0.847 0.833 0.857 0.842 0.826 0.797 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.7180.694 0.794 0.772 0.751 0.712 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.609 0.579 0.735 0.708 0.683 0.636 0.592 0.572 0.552 0.516 0.482 0.681 0.650 0.621 0.567 0.519 0.497 0.476 0.437 0.402 Period 6 0.942 0.888 0.837 0.790 0.746 0.705 0.666 Period 7 0.933 0.871 0.813 0.760 0.711 0.665 0.623 Period 8 0.923 0.853 0.789 0.731 0.677 0.627 0.582 Period 9 0.914 0.837 0.766 0.703 0.645 0.592 0.544 Period 10 0.905 0.820 0.744 0.676 0.614 0.558 0.508 Period 11 0.896 0.804 0.722 0.650 0.585 0.527 0.475 Period 12 0.887 0.788 0.701 0.625 0.557 0.497 0.444 Period 13 0.879 0.773 0.681 0.601 0.530 0.469 0.415 Period 14 0.870 0.758 0.661 0.577 0.505 0.442 0.388 Period 15 0.861 0.743 0.642 0.555 0.481 0.417 0.362 Period 16 0.853 0.728 0.623 0.534 0.458 0.394 0.339 Period 17 0.844 0.714 0.605 0.513 0.436 0.371 0.317 Period 18 0.836 0.700 0.587 0.494 0.416 0.350 0.296 Period 19 0.828 0.686 0.570 0.475 0.396 0.331 0.277 Period 20 0.820 0.673 0.554 0.456 0.377 0.312 0.258 Period 21 0.811 0.660 0.538 0.439 0.359 0.294 0.242 Period 22 0.803 0.647 0.522 0.422 0.342 0.278 0.226 Period 23 0.795 0.634 0.507 0.406 0.326 0.262 0.211 Period 24 0.788 0.622 0.492 0.390 0.310 0.247 0.197 Period 25 0.780 0.610 0.478 0.375 0.295 0.233 0.184 Period 26 0.772 0.598 0.464 0.361 0.281 0.220 0.172 Period 27 0.764 0.586 0.450 0.347 0.268 0.207 0.161 Period 28 0.757 0.574 0.437 0.333 0.255 0.196 0.150 Period 29 0.7490.563 0.424 0.321 0.243 0.185 0.141 Period 30 0.742 0.552 0.412 0.308 0.231 0.174 0.131 0.630 0.596 0.564 0.507 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.370 0.335 0.583 0.547 0.513 0.452 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.3140.279 0.540 0.502 0.467 0.404 0.351 0.327 0.305 0.266 0.233 0.500 0.460 0.424 0.361 0.308 0.284 0.263 0.225 0.194 0.463 0.422 0.386 0.322 0.270 0.247 0.227 0.191 0.162 0.429 0.388 0.350 0.287 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.162 0.135 0.397 0.356 0.319 0.257 0.208 0.187 0.168 0.137 0.112 0.368 0.326 0.290 0.229 0.182 0.163 0.145 0.116 0.093 0.340 0.299 0.263 0.205 0.1600.141 0.125 0.099 0.078 0.315 0.275 0.239 0.183 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.084 0.065 0.292 0.252 0.218 0.163 0.123 0.1070.093 0.071 0.054 0.270 0.231 0.1980.146 0.108 0.093 0.080 | 0.060 0.045 0.250 0.212 0.180 0.130 0.095 0.081 0.069 | 0.051 0.038 0.232 0.194 0.164 0.116 0.083 0.070 0.060 0.043 0.031 0.215 0.178 0.149 0.104 0.073 0.061 0.051 0.037 0.026 0.199 0.164 0.135 0.093 0.064 0.053 0.044 0.031 0.022 0.184 0.150 0.123 0.083 0.056 0.046 0.038 0.026 0.018 0.170 0.138 0.112 0.074 0.049 0.040 0.033 0.022 0.015 0.158 0.126 0.1020.066 0.043 0.035 0.028 0.019 0.013 0.146 0.116 0.092 0.059 0.038 0.030 0.024 0.0160.010 0.135 0.106 0.084 0.053 0.033 0.026 0.021 0.014 0.009 0.125 0.098 0.076 0.047 0.029 0.023 0.018 0.0110.007 0.116 0.090 0.069 0.042 0.026 0.0200.0160.010 0.006 0.107 0.082 0.063 0.037 0.022 0.017 0.014 0.008 0.005 0.099 0.075 0.057 0.033 0.0200.015 0.012 0.007 0.004 0.046 0.032 0.022 0.011 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.021 0.013 0.0090.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.067 Period 40 0.672 0.453 0.307 0.208 0.142 0.097 Period 50 0.608 0.372 0.228 0.141 0.087 0.054 0.034 Present Value of Ordinary Annuity of $1 Periods 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 15% 16% 18% 20% Period 1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.893 0.877 0.870 0.862 0.847 0.833 Period 2 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 1.859 1.833 1.808 1.783 1.759 1.736 1.6901.647 1.626 1.605 1.566 1.528 Period 3 2.9412.884 2.829 2.775 2.723 2.673 2.624 2.577 2.531 2.487 2.402 2.322 2.283 2.246 2.174 2.106 Period 4 3.902 3.808 3.717 3.630 3.546 3.465 3.387 3.312 3.240 3.170 3.037 2.914 2.855 2.798 2.690 2.589 Period 5 4.853 4.713 4.580 4.452 4.329 4.212 4.100 3.993 3.890 3.791 3.605 3.433 3.352 3.274 3.127 2.991 Period 6 5.795 5.601 5.417 5.2425.076 4.917 4.767 4.623 4.4864.355 4.111 3.889 3.784 3.685 3.498 3.326 Period 7 6.728 6.472 6.230 6.0025.786 5.582 5.389 5.206 5.033 4.868 4.564 4.288 4.160 4.039 3.812 3.605 Period 8 7.652 7.325 7.020 6.733 6.463 6.210 5.971 5.747 5.535 5.335 4.968 4.639 4.487 4.344 4.078 3.837 Period 9 8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108 6.802 6.515 6.247 5.9955.759 5.328 4.9464.772 4.607 4.303 4.031 Period 10 9.471 8.9838.530 8.111 7.722 7.360 7.024 6.710 6.418 6.145 5.6505.216 5.019 4.833 4.494 4.192 Period 11 10.368 9.787 9.253 8.760 8.306 7.887 7.499 7.139 6.805 6.495 5.938 5.453 5.234 5.029 4.656 4.327 Period 12 11.255 10.575 9.954 9.385 8.863 8.384 7.943 7.536 7.1616.814 6.194 5.660 5.421 5.1974.793 4.439 Period 13 12.134 11.348 10.6359.986 9.394 8.853 8.358 7.904 7.487 7.103 6.424 5.842 5.583 5.342 | 4.910 4.533 Period 14 13.004 12.106 11.296 10.563 9.899 9.295 8.745 8.244 7.786 7.367 6.628 6.0025.724 5.468 5.008 4.611 Period 15 13.865 12.849 11.938 11.118 10.380 9.712 9.108 8.559 8.061 7.606 6.811 6.142 5.847 5.575 5.092 4.675 Period 16 14.718 13.578 12.561 11.652 10.838 10.1069.447 8.851 8.313 7.824 6.9746.265 5.954 5.669 5.162 4.730 Period 17 15.562 14.292 13.166 12.166 11.274 10.477) 9.763 9.122 8.544 8.022 7.120 6.373 6.047 5.749 5.222 4.775 Period 18 16.398 14.992 13.754 12.659 11.690 10.828 10.059 9.372 8.756 8.201 7.250 6.467 | 6.128 5.818 5.273 4.812 Period 19 17.226 15.678 14.324 13.134 12.085 11.158 10.336 9.604 8.950 8.365 7.366 6.550 6.198 5.877 5.316 4.844 Period 20 18.046 16.351 14.877 13.590 12.462 11.470 10.594 9.818 9.129 8.514 7.4696.623 6.259 5.929 5.353 4.870 Period 21 18.857 17.011 15.415 14.029 12.821 11.764 10.836 10.0179.292 8.649 7.562 6.687 6.312 5.973 5.384 4.891 Period 22 19.660 17.658 15.937 14.451 13.163 12.042 11.061 10.2019.442 8.772 7.645 6.743 6.359 6.011 5.410 4.909 Period 23 20.456 18.292 16.444 14.857 13.489 12.303 11.272 10.371 9.5808.883 7.718 6.792 6.399 6.044 5.432 4.925 Period 24 21.243 18.914 16.936 15.247 13.799 12.550 11.469 10.529 9.707 8.985 7.784 6.835 6.434 6.073 5.451 4.937 Period 25 22.023 19.523 17.413 15.622 14.094 12.783 11.654 10.675 9.8239.077 7.843 6.873 6.464 6.097 5.467 4.948 Period 26 22.795 20.121 | 17.877 15.983 14.375 13.003 11.826 10.810 9.929 9.161 7.896 6.906 6.491 6.118 5.480 4.956 Period 27 23.560 20.707 18.327 16.330 14.643 13.211 11.987 10.935 10.027 9.237 7.943 6.935 6.514 6.136 5.492 4.964 Period 28 24.316 21.28118.764 16.663 14.898 13.406 12.137 11.051 10.116 9.307 7.984 6.9616.534 6.152 5.502 4.970 Period 29 25.066 21.844 19.188 16.984 15.141 13.591 12.278 11.158 10.198 9.370 8.022 6.983 6.551 6.166 5.510 4.975 Period 30 25.80822.396 | 19.600 17.292 15.372 13.765 12.409 11.258 10.274 9.427 8.055 7.003 6.566 6.1775.517 4.979 Period 40 32.835 27.355 23.115 19.793 17.159 15.046 13.332 11.925 10.757 9.779 | 8.244 7.105 6.642 6.233 5.548 4.997 Period 50 39.196 31.424 25.730 21.482 18.256 15.762 13.801 12.233 10.962 9.915 8.304 7.133 6.661 6.246 5.554 4.999