Rondello Company is considering a capital investment of $150,000 in additional productive facilities. The new machinery is expected to have a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. Depreciation is by the straight line method. During the life of the investment, annual net income and cash inflows are expected to be $18,000 and $48,000, respectively. Rondello has a 12% cost of capital rate, which is the minimum acceptable rate of return on the investment. (Round answers to 0 decimals places, e.g. 2,510 except round payback to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.25.)
Compute the following:
Annual rate of return _____%
Cash payback period on the proposed capital expenditure ____years
Using the discounted cash flow technique, compute the net present value ____$