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Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net
operating cash flow (at Year 1) for...
Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net
operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The
financial staff has collected the following information on the
project:
Sales revenues |
$25 million |
Operating costs (excluding depreciation) |
17.5 million |
Depreciation |
5 million |
Interest expense |
5 million |
The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 14%.
Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million
should be entered as 13,000,000.
- What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t
= 1)? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
$
- If this project would cannibalize other projects by $2.5
million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change
your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest
dollar.
The firm's OCF would now be $
- Ignore Part b. If the tax rate dropped to 35%, how would that
change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest
dollar.
The firm's operating cash flow would -Select-increasedecreaseItem 3
by $