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Problem 1
Nanoman Abstract Company has three divisions that operate autonomously. Their results for
2015 are as follows:
Required:
a. Compute each division's ROI.
b. Compute each division's residual income.
c. Rank each division by both ROI and residual income.
d. Which division had the best performance in 2015? Why?
Problem 2
Coptermagic Company supplies helicopters to corporate clients. Coptermagic has two
sources of funds: long term debt with a market and book value of $32 million issued at an
interest rate of 10%, and equity capital that has a market value of $18 million (book value of
$8 million). The cost of equity capital for Coptermagic is 15%, and its tax rate is 30%.
Coptermagic has profit centers in four divisions that operate autonomously. The company's
results for 2015 are as follows:
Operating Current
Income Assets Liabilities
New York $1,750,000 $11,500,000 $2,500,000
Chicago 2,400,000 9,000,000 3,500,000
Dallas 4,675,000 27,500,000 9,500,000
Los Angeles 4,200,000 25,000,000 8,000,000
Required:
a. Compute Coptermagic's weighted average cost of capital.
b. Compute each division's Economic Value Added.
c. Rank the divisions by EVA.
Problem 3
Reddish Co. is a company that produces medium-sized equipment. Currently the company
has opportunity to invest in two new projects, Pumping Machine project and Speed-burner
project. Currently, the company has average total assets of $58 million and operating income
of $7 million. The details of the new projects are as follow:
Homework
JOJO Company produces a wide variety of outdoor sports equipment. Its newest division,
Golf Technology, manufactures and sells a single product AccuDriver, a gold club that uses
global positioning satellite technology to improve the accuracy of golers shots. The demand
for AccuDriver is relatively insensitive to price changes. The following data are available for
Golf Technology, which is an investment center for Outdoor Sports:
Required :
1. Compute Golf Technologys ROI if the selling price of AccuDrivers is $720 per club
2. If management requires an ROI of at least 25% from the division, what is the minimum
selling price that the Golf Technology Division should charge per AccuDriver club?
3. Assume that Outdoor Sports judges the performance of its investment centers on the basis
of RI rather than ROI, what is the minimum selling price that Golf Technology should
charge per AccuDriver if the companys required rate of return is 20%?