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Subject: Calculate Net Present Value?
Category: Business and Money > Finance
Asked by: doodle4me-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 20 Dec 2004 21:15 PST
Expires: 19 Jan 2005 21:15 PST
Question ID: 445405
Lugar Industries is considering an investment in a proposed project
which requires an initial expenditure of $100,000 at t = 0.  This
expenditure can be depreciated at the following annual rates:

Year		Depreciation Rate
  1			20%
  2			32
  3			19
  4			12
  5			11
  6			 6

The project has an economic life of six years.  The project?s revenues
are forecasted to be $90,000 a year.  The project?s operating costs
(not including depreciation) are forecasted to be $50,000 a year. 
After six years, the project?s estimated salvage value is $10,000. 
The company?s WACC is 10 percent, and its corporate tax rate is 40
percent.  What is the project?s net present value (NPV)?
Answer  
Subject: Re: Calculate Net Present Value?
Answered By: livioflores-ga on 22 Dec 2004 01:16 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi doodle4me!!


The total initial investment I is:

I = $100,000


For each year i = 1 to 6,
the depreciation Di is:

D1 = 0.20 * $100,000 = $20,000

D2 = 0.32 * $100,000 = $32,000

D3 = 0.19 * $100,000 = $19,000

D4 = 0.12 * $100,000 = $12,000

D5 = 0.11 * $100,000 = $11,000

D6 = 0.06 * $100,000 = $ 6,000

Lugar depreciates the 100% of the initial investment.

Salvage value SV is:

SV = $10,000

Book value BV is zero:

BV = depreciable asset - total amount depreciated =
   = $100,000 - $100,000 = $0


The revenues R for each year are:

R = $90,000


The expenses E for each year are:

E = $50,000


Then for each year (R-E) or Net Operating Profit is:

R - E = $40,000


Tax rate T is 0.40 and Tax calculation for each year:

Ti = T * (R - E - Di) =                with T = 0.4
   = 0.4 * ($40,000 - Di) = 
   = $16,000 - 0.4 * Di

Then:

T1 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $20,000 = $8,000

T2 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $32,000 = $3,200

T3 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $19,000 = $8,400

T4 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $12,000 = $11,200

T5 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $11,000 = $11,600

T6 = $16,000 - 0.4 * $6,000  = $13,600
  

The cash flow formula is:

CF = Net Operating Profit - Taxes 

Recall that (R - E) is the Net Operating Profit for each year, then:

CFi = R - E - Ti = $40,000 - Ti

We have that:

CF1 = $40,000 - $8,000  = $32,000

CF2 = $40,000 - $3,200  = $36,800

CF3 = $40,000 - $8,400  = $31,600

CF4 = $40,000 - $11,200 = $28,800

CF5 = $40,000 - $11,600 = $28,400

CF6 = $40,000 - $13,600 = $26,400

For the last year we must consider the Terminal cash flow (TCF):

TCF = SV - T*(SV-BV) =
    = $10,000 - 0.4*($10,000) =
    = $6,000


We will use WACC as the required rate of return:

r = WACC

Why we use WACC as required rate of return?
"Broadly speaking, the assets of a company are financed by either debt
or equity. WACC is the average of the cost of each of these sources of
financing weighted by their respective usage in the given situation.
By taking a weighted average, we can see how much interest the company
has to pay for every dollar it borrows.
A firm's WACC is the overall required return on the firm as a whole.
It is the appropriate discount rate to use for cash flows similar in
risk to the overall firm."
From "Investopedia: Weighted Average Cost of Capital - WACC":
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wacc.asp


The Present Value (PV) formula for this 6 years project is:

         CF1           CF2                CF6            TCF
PV  = ---------  +  ----------  +...+  ----------  +  ----------
      (1 + r)^1     (1 + r)^2	      (1 + r)^6      (1 + r)^6 
 

Net Present Value (NPV):

NPV = PV - I        

Using the calculator we find that:

PV = $138,839.59

NPV = $138,839.59 - $100,000 = $38,839.59

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I hope that this helps you. If you find something unclear with theory
or (may be) a mistake in a calculation, please request for an answer
clarification, I will be glad to offer further assistance before you
rate this answer.

Best regards.
livioflores-ga
doodle4me-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Great Job!!!. 
Clarification:
Btw this is not an exam question as mentioned by the administrator.

Comments  
Subject: Re: Calculate Net Present Value?
From: blackbeltdomain-ga on 22 Dec 2004 17:52 PST
 
so was it worth the $5.00 to help someone cheat on their final Exam?

Doesn't the terms of serivce specifically say no Homework / Exam questions?

Nice..
Subject: Re: Calculate Net Present Value?
From: livioflores-ga on 22 Dec 2004 19:54 PST
 
Are you completely sure that this answer will help someone to cheat on
their final exam? What are your asumptions on this?
It could be somebody that need help with a textbook problem who just
want to learn for example.
If you ask to a friend or to a private teacher for help with this
problem or read a different book that the one used in classroom, are
you cheating on your final exam?, just asking for help is cheating?
I do not think so, and I based my opinion in my large experience as student.
And also be sure that this problem will not be included on his/her
final exam (if such exam already will be taken).

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