Devry BUSN379 Week 6 Course Project Part II

USN 379 Week 6 Course Project Part II

Course Project Part IIIntroduction

You will assume that you still work as a financial analyst for AirJet Best Parts, Inc. The companyis considering a capital investment in a new machine and you are in charge of making arecommendation on the purchase based on (1) a given rate of return of 15% (Task 4) and (2)th

e firm’s cost of capital (Task 5

).

Task 4. Capital Budgeting for a New Machine

A few months have now passed and AirJet Best Parts, Inc. is considering the purchase on anew machine that will increase the production of a special component significantly. Theanticipated cash flows for the project are as follows:

Year 1 $1,100,000 Year 2 $1,450,000 Year 3 $1,300,000 Year 4 $950,000

You have now been tasked with providing a recommendation for the project based on theresults of a Net Present Value Analysis. Assuming that the required rate of return is 15% andthe initial cost of the machine is $3,000,000.

1.

What is the project’s IRR?

(10 pts)

Year Cost PVIF @15% PV0

$ (3,000,000.00) 1 $ (3,000,000.00)

1

$ 1,100,000.00 0.8696 $ 956,521.74

2

$ 1,450,000.00 0.7561 $ 1,096,408.32

3

$ 1,300,000.00 0.6575 $ 854,771.10

4

$ 950,000.00 0.5718 $ 543,165.58

IRR 22.38%

2.

What is the project’s NPV?

(15 pts)