es Casting Company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by Sidney Johnson, a recently graduated MBA. The production line would be set up in unused space in the main plant. The machinery’s invoice price would be approximately $200,000, another $10,000 in shipping charges would be required, and it would cost an additional $30,000 to install the equipment. The machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and Shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the MACRS 3-year class. The machinery is expected to have a salvage value of $25,000 after 4 years of use. The new line would generate incremental sales of 1,000 units per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $100 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. Each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. The sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. Further, to handle the new line, the firm’s net working capita
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Shrieves Casting Company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by Sidney Johnson, a recently graduated MBA. The production line would be set up in unused space in the main plant. The machinery’s invoice price would be approximately $200,000, another $10,000 in shipping charges would be required, and it would cost an additional $30,000 to install the equipment. The machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and Shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the MACRS 3-year class. The machinery is expected to have a salvage value of $25,000 after 4 years of use. The new line would generate incremental sales of 1,000 units per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $100 per unit in the first year, excluding
Questions:
1. Should you subtract interest expense or dividends when calculating project cash flow?
2. Suppose the firm spent $100,000 last year to rehabilitate the production line site. Should this be included in the analysis? Explain.
3. Now assume the plant space could be leased out to another firm at $25,000 per year. Should this be included in the analysis? If so, how?
4. Finally, assume that the new product line is expected to decrease sales of the firm’s other lines by $50,000 per year. Should this be considered in the analysis? If so, how?
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h. What does the term “risk” mean in the context of capital budgeting; to what extent can risk be quantified; and, when risk is quantified, is the quantification based primarily on a statistical analysis of historical data or on subjective, judgmental estimates?
i.
1. What are the three types of risk that are relevant in capital budgeting?
2. How is each of these risk types measured, and how do they relate to one another?
3. How is each type of risk used in the capital budgeting process?
j.
1. What is sensitivity analysis?
2. Perform a sensitivity analysis on the cost per unit, unit sales, and salvage value. Assume each of these variables can vary from its base-case, or expected, value by plus or minus 10%, 20%, and 30%. Include a sensitivity graph, and discuss the results.
3. What is the primary weakness of sensitivity analysis? What is its primary usefulness?
by Bartleby Experte. Estimate the required net operating working capital (NOWC) for each year and the cash flow due to changes in NOWC.
f. Calculate the after-tax salvage cash flow.
g. Calculate the project cash flows for each year. Based on these cash flows and the average project cost of capital, what are the project’s
by Bartleby Expertb. Disregard the assumptions in Part a. What is the
c. Calculate the annual sales revenues and costs (other than depreciation). Why is it important to include inflation when estimating cash flows?
d. Calculate annual net operating profit after sales (NOPAT). Then calculate the operating cash flows.
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