Question

Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,805,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows: $2,741,000 1,125,000 1,616,000 Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs Depreciation Total fixed expenses Net operating income $642,000 561,000 1,203,000 $ 413,000 Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. 13. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 50%. What was the project's actual net present value? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Net present value

Answer 1

Contribution margin income statement

Sales	2741000
Variable cost	1370500
Contribution margin	1370500
Fixed cost	1203000
Operating income	167500

Annual Cash flow = 167500+561000 = 728500

Net present value = Present value of cash inflow-Present value of cash outflow = (728500*3.433)-2805000 = -304060