Caledonia Project Caledonia Project FIN/370 Julie Vogt January 9‚ 2012 Week 4 Team project was to answer question 12 a-e on page 363‚ Chapter 10 of Financial Management: Principles and Applications. 12. Caledonia is considering two additional mutually exclusive projects. The cash flows associated with these projects are as follows: YEAR | PROJECT A | PROJECT B | 0 | -$100‚000 | -$100‚000 | 1 | 32‚000 | 0 | 2 | 32‚000 | 0 | 3 | 32‚000 | 0 | 4 | 32‚000 | 0 | 5 | 32
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Caledonia Products Integrative Problem 1. Why should Caledonia focus on project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? Free cash flows are being focused on because it the amount that Caledonia will receive and they will be able to reinvest that amount. Caledonia should analyze the free cash flow so that they are able to see the real amount of value or what the cost may be. The marginal value from the project would
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Caledonia Products Integrative Problem July 31‚ 2013 Yvette “Betsy” Stewart 1. Why should Caledonia focus on project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? It is important that Caledonia Company should focus on the free cash flows instead of the accounting profits. With the free cash flows that the company receives they can reinvest. To accurately analyze the timing of the benefit
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Caledonia Products Integrative Problem Ramona Beaton‚ Vanessa Hall Fin/370 March 1‚ 2012 Farookh Syed Caledonia Products Integrative Problem Why should Caledonia focus on project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? Ans: When analyzing whether to undertake a project‚ Caledonia needs to focus on free cash flows opposed to the accounting profits because free cash flows is revenue that can be used or reinvested
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Caledonia Products As a new intern for Caledonia Products‚ my CEO‚ Mr. V. Morrison has given me one of my first unsupervised assignments will be to provide the company with a financial analyst‚ that will include providing the calculations of cash flows associated with a new investment that the company is considering investing in. As I am an intern‚ I have not been asked to provide a recommendation just an analyst. (Keown Martin‚ Petty 11) Reviewing the information provided‚ Caledonia
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Caledonia Products Company is introducing a new product. With previous fallouts from the company and ranging a 34% marginal tax bracket with a 15% required rate of return or cost of capital the change of direction is to initiate the new plan. Mr. V. Morrison‚ CEO‚ Caledonia products is asking for professional guidance to analyze his current cash flow statement to determine if the project of adding two mutually exclusive projects is profitable. Therefore‚ as an Assistant Financial Analyst‚ is take
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Caledonia Products Penicia Rooks BUS401: Principles of Finance Instructor Richard Burke March 4th‚ 2013 Caledonia Products Caledonia should focus on cash flows and not accounting profits when making capital-budgeting decisions. This is because free cash flows is received by the firm and then is able to be reinvested. Accounting profits are only shown once they have been earned instead of when the money is actually in hand (Kewon‚ Martin & Petty
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Describe factors Caledonia must consider if they were doing a lease versus buy Sense Caledonia is thinking of introducing a new product‚ the company must decide whether to lease or buy. Caledonia is in the 34 percent marginal tax bracket with a 15 percent required rate of return on cost of capital‚ the new project being a fad will only be a for five years. When deciding to lease‚ Caledonia must consider how reducing out of pocket cost could benefit the company. Though leasing would mean they do
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$5‚980‚000.00 Solution NPV= NPV 16‚731‚095.66 Solution IRR 77.02% 1. Why should Caledonia focus on project free cash flows as opposed to the accounting profits earned by the project when analyzing whether to undertake the project? - Essay Question Caledonia should focus on project free cash
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a. Should Caledonia focus on cash flows or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows‚ incremental profits‚ total free cash flows‚ or total profits? Caledonia should focus on cash flows‚ not accounting profits. Free cash flows are able to be reinvested‚ whereas accounting profits are shown when they are earned‚ not when the cash is actually received. The company should be interested in incremental after-tax cash flows
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