Discount Rates, Quality, Market Share, contemporary Manufacturing Environment The company uses a discount rate of 18 percent for all of its investments. The company's cost of capital is 14 percent. The present value tables provided in Exhibit 19B.1 and Exhibit 19B.2 must be used to solve the following problems. 3. Which rate should the company use to compute the net present value? nearest dollar. What is the NPV now? $ What is the decision now