Question

You are the financial analyst for a tennis racket manufacturer. The company is considering using a graphitelike material in its tennis rackets. The company has estimated the information in the following table about the market for a racket with the new material. The company expects to sell the racket for four years. The equipment required for the project has no salvage value and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis. The required return for projects of this type is 12 percent, and the company has a 34 percent tax rate.

		Pessimistic				Expected				Optimistic
	Market size		121,000				136,000				161,000
	Market share		21	%			24	%			26	%
	Selling price	$	144			$	149			$	155
	Variable costs per unit	$	98			$	93			$	92
	Fixed costs per year	$	959,000			$	914,000			$	884,000
	Initial investment	$	1,248,000			$	1,180,000			$	1,112,000

Calculate the NPV for each case for this project. Assume a negative taxable income generates a tax credit. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Pessimistic		$
Expected		$
Optimistic		$

Answer 1