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The 2015 income statement for Egyptian Noise Blasters shows that depreciation expense is $82 million, NOPAT is $245 million. At the end of the year, the balance of gross fixed assets was $660 million. The change in net operating working capital during the year was $72 million. Egyptian’s free cash flow for the year was $190 million.
Calculate the beginning-of-year balance for gross fixed assets. (Enter your answer in millions of dollars.)
We have,
Operating cash flows = NOPAT + Depreciation expense = $245 million + $82 million = $327 million
Step 1: Find Investment in operating capital:
Free cash flow = Operating cash flows – Investment in operating capital
$190 million = $327 million – Investment in operating capital
Investment in operating capital = $327 million - $190 million = $137 million
Step 2: Find change in gross fixed assets:
Investment in operating capital = Change in gross fixed assets + Change in net working capital
$137 million = Change in gross fixed assets + $72 million
Change in gross fixed assets = $137 million - $72 million
= $65 million
Step 3: Find Beginning of the year gross fixed assets :
End of the year gross fixed assets – Beginning of the year gross fixed assets = Change in gross fixed assets
End of the year gross fixed assets – Beginning of the year gross fixed assets = $65 million
$660 million - Beginning of the year gross fixed assets = $65 million
Beginning of the year gross fixed assets = $660 million - $65 million = $595 million