Caldonia Products Essay

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Caledonia Products Team B A. Answers to question 12a-12e. A. Projects Payback Period Another tool that Caledonia can use to determine if the two additional projects are worth the time and investment is by looking the payback period on each project. The payback period is the number of years needed to recover the initial cash outlay of the capital budgeting project (Keown, Martin, Petty, & Scott, 2005, p. 292). By calculating this out it will give Caledonia key information as to which project will payout the quickest. This information is important because the investors are going to want the quickest return on their investment and this shows how many years it will take to get this return and which project will yield first. In order to calculate the payback period we use the following formula: For Caledonia we use: Project A: = 3.125 Years Project B: = 4.5 Years By looking at the above calculations we can see that project A will have a quicker payback period at 3.125 years while project B has a payback period of 4.5 years. It is easy to see that project A would be the best decision as it will have the ability to recoup the initial investment quicker than Project B. While looking at the payback period is a good tool that offers important information it also has its drawbacks. The biggest drawback is that payback period ignores the time value of money and does not discount these free cash flows to the present (Keown, Martin, Petty, & Scott, 2005, p. 293). B. Projects Net Present Value Rate of return: 11% With using the return rate, thus will help to find the net present value. Project A the cash flow operation: $32,000, $32,000, $32,000, $32,000, $32,000. Project B had no cash inflow besides during year 5 which is $200,000 Present values of projected cash inflow: $ 28, 828.83, $25,971.92, $23,398.12, $ 21,079.39, $18,990.44

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