Question

AO sam is discussing a new project amongst their management team. They want to build tankless water heaters. In order to do this, they will need to build a new assembly line that will cost them 1.5 million dollars to build. It costs $45,000 to get all the material shipped to AO sam. They will have to buy $107,000 worth of new inventory since tankless hot water heaters and normal hot water heaters use different parts. Accounts payable will increase by $75,000.

The chief marketing officer (CMO) estimates that they will sell 400 units a year for 5 years at a price of $16,000 each.

The chief operations officer (COO) estimates that the variable costs to build these will be 80% of revenue.

The chief financial officer (CFO) says the company will use the MACRS 3 year class for depreciation. He estimates that the assembly line will have salvage value of $100,000. He notes that AO sam's tax rate is 33% and that the normal WACC is 11%.

The CEO notes that they have already extended their manufacturing plant when they thought they’d be building larger water heaters at the plant so they have the room. This extension is already paid for and cost $225,000.

Use the data provided for A.O. sam and their proposed project to answer this question.

What is the MIRR of this project? Use the WACC as both the reinvestment rate and the finance rate.

	A.	11%
	B.	31.3%
	C.	57.29%
	D.	65.22%

Answer 1

The cash flow calculations are shown below:

Note that the extension costs which are already paid should not be included in the analysis of this project.

Formula view:

So, the correct answer is option B: 31.3%