#___________________ Indicate the best answer for each question in the space provided. 1 Which of the following is not a capital budgeting decision? a Whether to acquire a subsidiary company. b Whether to expand a product line. c Whether to fill a special order. d Whether to purchase a fleet of trucks. 2 Which of the following is an example of a nonfinancial consideration in capital budgeting? a Will an investment generate adequate cash flows to promptly recover its cost? b Will an investment generate an acceptable
Premium Net present value Cash flow Investment
of Cash flow * Cash flow is more “direct” as “profit” is highly dependent on accounting conventions and concepts/principles * Cash flow reporting satisfies the needs of all users better since cash flow is more direct with its messages. Some of the interested user parties are: * Creditors -repayment of debts‚ overdue accounts * Management -cash flow reporting provides the type of information which decision should be taken re: relevant costs ( decision based on future cash flow)
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Income statement
at the Wall Street Journal.” Explain why this is not so. (10 points) This strategy does not consider risk. 3. The NuPress Valet Company has an improved version of its hotel stand. The investment cost is expected to be 72 million dollars and will return 13.50 million dollars for 5 years in net cash flows. The ratio of debt to equity is 1 to 1. The cost of equity is 13%‚ the cost of debt is 9%‚ and the tax rate is 34%. What is the NPV of the project? (10 points) WACC = .5*13+.5*9*(1-.34) =
Premium Cash flow Net present value Investment
ACG 6315 1.For which of the following products would job order costing be least likely to be used? Textbook printing Newsprint paper Manufacturing Mortgage loan processing Residential building 2.Which of the following costs are treated as part of the cost of product? Wages of plant security guards Insurance on the plant building and equipment All of the above are product costs Depreciation on the kitchen sink in the plant cafeteria 3. If a cost is identical under each alternative
Premium Variable cost Costs
statement and statement of cash flows used to make business decisions? The income statement reflects the company’s financial performance by showing how much money was generated (revenue)‚ how much was spent (expenses)‚ and the difference (profit) between the two over a period of time. It is divided into the operating and non-operating sections. It can also tell how much money shareholders would receive if the company were to distribute all of its net earnings. The cash flow statement provides cumulative
Premium Income statement Cash flow Time
Oprea December 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 1 Financial Health 1 Financial Forecast for 2002 and 2003 3 Key Driver Assumptions 5 Star River WACC 5 Free Cash Flows of the Packaging Machine Investment 7 Appendices 7 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about Star River Electronics Ltd.: 1. Assess the current financial health and recent financial performance of the company. What strengths and/or weaknesses would you highlight
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Stock
Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Financial ratios are "just a convenient way to summarize large quantities of financial data and to compare firms’ performance" (Brealey & Myer & Marcus‚ 2003‚ p. 450). Financial ratios are very useful tools in order to determine the health of a company‚ help managers to make decision‚ and help to compare companies that belong to the same industry in order to know about their performance. Home Depot and Lowe’s are two home improvement chains in the United
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Asset
CHAPTER 12: CASH FLOW ESTIMATION AND RISK ANALYSIS 1. Because of improvements in forecasting techniques‚ estimating the cash flows associated with a project has become the easiest step in the capital budgeting process. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Estimating project cash flows is generally the most important‚ but also the most difficult‚ step in the capital budgeting process. Methodology‚ such as the use of NPV versus IRR‚ is important‚ but less so than obtaining a reasonably accurate estimate
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Asset
expression of a plan that is quantitative and can be defined over a period of time. Traditional budgeting as offered a lot of contributions in many years. Research shows that it seems it is more unsuitable for the modern business. The objective of this essay is to explain what budgeting is‚ the purpose of budgeting‚ types of budgeting‚ definition of annual budgeting‚ its advantages and disadvantages‚ definition of rolling budgets and it advantages and disadvantages. Budgeting serves a number
Premium Budget Budgets
Plumbing Products Incremental analysis is a vital tool for decision-making. It can become an identifier of the best alternative when multiple options are present. Incremental analysis involves relevant costs and ignores sunk costs. It is based on the differences of revenues and costs. Cost information‚ which would be relevant for a decision to drop a product line‚ would be the direct fixed costs associated with that product line. Avoidable costs or costs that can be eliminated should be assessed additionally
Premium Costs Income Revenue