1. HomeGrown Company

   HomeGrown Company is a chain of grocery stores that are similar to indoor farmer's markets, providing fresh, local produce, meats, and dairy products to consumers in urban areas. HomeGrown is considering opening several stores in a new city, and has proposals from three contractors (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma companies) who would like to provide buildings for the new stores.

   The amount of expected revenue from the stores will depend on the design of the contractor. For example, if HomeGrown decides on a more open floor plan, with less shelf space for products, revenue would be lower overall. However, if HomeGrown decides on a very crowded floor plan, it may lose customers who appreciate a more open feel.

   As the project manager for HomeGrown, you are responsible for deciding which if any of the proposals to accept. HomeGrown's minimum acceptable rate of return is 20%. You receive the following data from the three contractors:

   Proposal	Type of Floor Plan	Initial Cost if Selected	Residual Value
   Alpha	Very open, like an indoor farmers market	$1,472,000	$0.00
   Beta	Standard grocery shelving and layout, minimal aisle space	5,678,900	0.00
   Gamma	Mix of open areas and shelving areas	2,125,560	0.00

   You have computed estimates of annual cash flows and average annual income from customers for each of the three contractors' plans. You believe that the annual cash flows will be equal for each of the 10 years for which you are preparing your capital investment analysis. Your conclusions are presented in the following table.

   Proposal	Estimated Average Annual Income (after depreciation)	Estimated Average Annual Cash Flow
   Alpha	$313,094	$351,145
   Beta	272,019	475,608
   Gamma	527,245	592,819

   Method Comparison

   Compare methods of capital investment analysis in the following table to begin your evaluation of the three capital investment proposals Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. You decide to compare four methods: the average rate of return, cash payback period, net present value, and internal rate of return methods.

   	Average Rate of Return Method	Cash Payback Method	Net Present Value Method	Internal Rate of Return Method
   Considers the time value of money	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Does not consider the time value of money	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Easy to compute	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Not as easy to compute	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Directly considers expected cash flows	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Directly considers timing of expected cash flows	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Assumes cash flows can be reinvested at minimum desired rate of return	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo
   Can be used to rank proposals even if project lives are not the same	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo	YesNo

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   Average Rate of Return

   You begin by trying to eliminate any proposals that are not yielding the companys minimum required rate of return of 20%. Complete the following table, and decide whether Alpha, Beta, and/or Gamma should be eliminated because the average rate of return of their project is less than the company's minimum required rate of return.

   Complete the following table. Enter the average rates of return as percentages rounded to two decimal places.

   Proposal	Estimated Average Annual Income	Average Investment	Average Rate of Return	Accept or Reject
   Alpha	$fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_1	$fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_2	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_3%	AcceptReject
   Beta	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_5	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_6	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_7	AcceptReject
   Gamma	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_9	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_10	fill in the blank 99109c0d405703a_11	AcceptReject

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   Cash Payback Method

   Youve decided to confirm your results from the average rate of return by using the cash payback method.

   Using the following table, compute the cash payback period of each investment. If required, round the number of years in the cash payback period to a whole number.

   Proposal	Initial Cost	Annual Net Cash Inflow	Cash Payback Period in Years
   Alpha	$fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_1	$fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_2	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_3
   Beta	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_4	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_5	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_6
   Gamma	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_7	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_8	fill in the blank c2395001af8803a_9

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   Net Present Value

   Even though youre fairly certain that your evaluation and elimination is correct, you would like to compare the three proposals using the net present value method, and get some data about the internal rate of return of the proposals, each of which are expected to generate their respective annual net cash inflows for a period of 10 years.

   Compute the net present value of each proposal. You may need the following partial table of factors for present value of an annuity of $1. Round the present value of annual net cash flows to the nearest dollar. If your answer is zero enter "0". For the net present value, if required, use the minus sign (-) to indicate a negative amount.

   Present Value of an Annuity of $1 at Compound Interest (Partial Table)
   Year	10%	20%
   1	0.909	0.833
   5	3.791	2.991
   10	6.145	4.192

   	Alpha	Beta	Gamma
   Annual net cash flow	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_1	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_2	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_3
   Present value factor	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_4	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_5	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_6
   Present value of annual net cash flows	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_7	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_8	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_9
   Amount to be invested	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_10	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_11	fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_12
   Net present value	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_13	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_14	$fill in the blank fc1eef001012002_15

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   Final Questions

   After reviewing all your data, answer the following questions (1)-(3).

   1. What can you say about each proposal?

   Proposal	Internal Rate of Return
   Alpha	= 20%< 20%> 20%
   Beta	= 20%< 20%> 20%
   Gamma	= 20%< 20%> 20%

   2. What can you say about these proposals?

   a. HomeGrown would be breaking even (i.e., profit = 0) if Alphas proposal is chosen.

   b. Only Gammas proposal is yielding more than HomeGrowns minimum desired rate of return.

   c. Gammas proposal is the only proposal that would be acceptable to HomeGrown.

   abca and bb and c

   3. Which proposal is the best choice for HomeGrown given the data collected?

   AlphaBetaGamma