Question

Mini Case Ch. 11

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 Shrieves’s 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 1,250 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 percent per year due to inflation.

Further, to handle the new line, the firm’s net operating working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12 percent of sales revenues. The firm’s tax rate is 25 percent, and its overall weighted average cost of capital, which is the risk-adjusted cost of capital for an average project r, is 10%.

D. calculate annual net operating profit after sales (NOPAT). Then calculate the operating cash flow.

Answer 1

Calculation of annual operating cash flow
		Year-1			Year-2	Year-3	Year-4	Year-5
No of units		1,250			1,250	1,250	1,250	1,250
Selling price		$         200.00			$         206.00	$         212.18	$         218.55	$         225.10
Operating ost		$         100.00			$         103.00	$         106.09	$         109.27	$         112.55
Sale		$ 250,000.00			$ 257,500.00	$ 265,225.00	$ 273,181.75	$ 281,377.20
Less: Operating Cost		$ 125,000.00			$ 128,750.00	$ 132,612.50	$ 136,590.88	$ 140,688.60
Contribution		$ 125,000.00			$ 128,750.00	$ 132,612.50	$ 136,590.88	$ 140,688.60
Less: Depreciation		$ 298,000.00			$ 476,800.00	$ 286,080.00	$ 171,648.00	$ 171,648.00
Profit before tax (PBT)		$ (173,000.00)			$(348,050.00)	$ (153,467.50)	$   (35,057.13)	$ (30,959.40)
Tax@25%	PBT*Tax rate	$   (43,250.00)			$ (87,012.50)	$   (38,366.88)	$     (8,764.28)	$    (7,739.85)
Profit After Tax (PAT)	PBT - Tax	$ (129,750.00)			$(261,037.50)	$ (115,100.63)	$   (26,292.84)	$ (23,219.55)
Add Depreciation	PAT + Dep	$ 298,000.00			$ 476,800.00	$ 286,080.00	$ 171,648.00	$ 171,648.00
Cash Profit after-tax		$ 168,250.00			$ 215,762.50	$ 170,979.38	$ 145,355.16	$ 148,428.45