Alcid Manufacturing is analyzing a project with anticipated…

Alcid Manufacturing is analyzing a project with anticipated sales of 8,400 units, ±2 percent. The variable cost per unit is $72, ±2 percent, and the expected fixed costs are $243,000, ±1 percent. The sales price is estimated at $119 per unit, ±3 percent. The depreciation expense is $34,200 and the tax rate is 21 percent. What is the earnings before interest and taxes under the base-case scenario?

A project has an accounting break-even quantity of 28,700 un…

A project has an accounting break-even quantity of 28,700 units, a cash break-even quantity of 17,120 units, a life of 10 years, fixed costs of $178,000, variable costs of $18.40 per unit, and a required return of 14 percent. Depreciation is straight-line to zero over the project life. Ignoring taxes, what is the financial break-even quantity?

Ingraham Stoneworks has analyzed a proposed expansion projec…

Ingraham Stoneworks has analyzed a proposed expansion project and determined that the internal rate of return is lower than the firm desires. Which one of the following changes to the project would be most expected to increase the project’s internal rate of return?