Companies often come across projects that have positive NPV opportunities in which the company does not invest. Companies must evaluate the value of the option to invest in a new project that would potentially contribute to the growth of the firm. These options are referred to as growth options. Consider the case of Weghorst Co: : Weghorst Co. is considering a three-year project that will require an initial investment of $55,000. It has estimated that the annual cash flows for the project under good conditions will be $70,000 and $7,000 under bad conditions. The firm believes that there is a 60% chance of good conditions and a 40% chance of bad conditions. If the firm is using a weighted average cost of capital of 13%, the expected net present value (NPV) of the project is . (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Weghorst Co. wants to take a potential growth option into account when calculating the project's expected NPV. If conditions are good, the firm will be able to invest $2,000 in year 2 to generate an additional cash flow of $15,000 in year 3 . If conditions are bad, the firm will not make any further investments in the project. Using the information from the preceding problem, the expected NPV of this project-when taking the growth option into account-is (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Weghorst Co.'s growth option is worth - (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Shan Co. is considering a four-year project that will require an initial investment of $7,000. The base-case cash flows for this project are projected to be $12,000 per year. The best-case cash flows are projected to be $19,000 per year, and the worst-case cash flows are projected to be $3,000 per year. The company's analysts have estimated that there is a 50% probability that the project will generate the base-case cash flows. The analysts also think that there is a 25% probability of the project generating the best-case cash flows and a 25% probability of the project generating the worst-case cash flows. What would be the expected net present value (NPV) of this project if the project's cost of capital is 12% ? $26,880 $28,049 $23,374 $22,205 Shan now wants to take into account its ability to abandon the project at the end of year 2 if the project ends up generating the worst-case scenario cash flows. If it decides to abandon the project at the end of year 2 , the company will receive a one-time net cash inflow of $4,750 (at the end of year 2). The $4,750 the company receives at the end of year 2 is the difference between the cash the company receives from selling off the project's assets and the company's $3,000 cash outflow from operations. Additionally, if it abandons the project, the company will have no cash flows in years 3 and 4 of the project. Using the information in the preceding problem, find the expected NPV of this project when taking the abandonment option into account. $32,411$28,522$25,929$33,708 What is the value of the option to abandon the project? Companies often come across projects that have positive NPV opportunities in which the company does not invest. Companies must evaluate the value of the option to invest in a new project that would potentially contribute to the growth of the firm. These options are referred to as growth options. Consider the case of Weghorst Co: : Weghorst Co. is considering a three-year project that will require an initial investment of $55,000. It has estimated that the annual cash flows for the project under good conditions will be $70,000 and $7,000 under bad conditions. The firm believes that there is a 60% chance of good conditions and a 40% chance of bad conditions. If the firm is using a weighted average cost of capital of 13%, the expected net present value (NPV) of the project is . (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Weghorst Co. wants to take a potential growth option into account when calculating the project's expected NPV. If conditions are good, the firm will be able to invest $2,000 in year 2 to generate an additional cash flow of $15,000 in year 3 . If conditions are bad, the firm will not make any further investments in the project. Using the information from the preceding problem, the expected NPV of this project-when taking the growth option into account-is (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Weghorst Co.'s growth option is worth - (Note: Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) Shan Co. is considering a four-year project that will require an initial investment of $7,000. The base-case cash flows for this project are projected to be $12,000 per year. The best-case cash flows are projected to be $19,000 per year, and the worst-case cash flows are projected to be $3,000 per year. The company's analysts have estimated that there is a 50% probability that the project will generate the base-case cash flows. The analysts also think that there is a 25% probability of the project generating the best-case cash flows and a 25% probability of the project generating the worst-case cash flows. What would be the expected net present value (NPV) of this project if the project's cost of capital is 12% ? $26,880 $28,049 $23,374 $22,205 Shan now wants to take into account its ability to abandon the project at the end of year 2 if the project ends up generating the worst-case scenario cash flows. If it decides to abandon the project at the end of year 2 , the company will receive a one-time net cash inflow of $4,750 (at the end of year 2). The $4,750 the company receives at the end of year 2 is the difference between the cash the company receives from selling off the project's assets and the company's $3,000 cash outflow from operations. Additionally, if it abandons the project, the company will have no cash flows in years 3 and 4 of the project. Using the information in the preceding problem, find the expected NPV of this project when taking the abandonment option into account. $32,411$28,522$25,929$33,708 What is the value of the option to abandon the project