The Investment Detective

The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to invest the firms capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms, but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital budgeting analyst is necessarily, therefore, a detective who must winnow good evidence from bad. Much of the challenges is knowing what quantitative analysis to generate in the first place.

Q = 20, 000 units

Price = $120

VC= $80

Fixed cost = $450,000

100,000 outstanding shares

Supposed you are a new capital budgeting analyst for a company considering investments in the eight projects listed in Exhibit

Based on the following information and data above prepare Performa income statement. Also, calculate the DOL, DFL, and DTL and earning per share.

Q=20,000 units

Price=$120

VC=$80

Fixed cost=$450,000

100,000 outstanding shares

Assume that the management has a target DTL of 6. How much debt needs to be retired (replace by common stocks) in order to achieve that goal? What would be the new WACC?