In: Accounting
Oakmont Company has an opportunity to manufacture and sell a new product for a four-year period. The company’s discount rate is 18%. After careful study, Oakmont estimated the following costs and revenues for the new product:
Cost of equipment needed | $ | 160,000 |
Working capital needed | $ | 66,000 |
Overhaul of the equipment in year two | $ | 11,000 |
Salvage value of the equipment in four years | $ | 15,000 |
Annual revenues and costs: | ||
Sales revenues | $ | 310,000 |
Variable expenses | $ | 150,000 |
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs | $ | 76,000 |
When the project concludes in four years the working capital will be released for investment elsewhere within the company.
Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.
Required:
Calculate the net present value of this investment opportunity. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
According to given data the follwing is given as below:
from data
Cost of equipment needed | $ | 160,000 |
Working capital needed | $ | 66,000 |
Overhaul of the equipment in year two | $ | 11,000 |
Salvage value of the equipment in four years | $ | 15,000 |
Annual revenues and costs: | ||
Sales revenues | $ | 310,000 |
Variable expenses | $ | 150,000 |
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs | $ | 76,000 |
Initial cash outflow is cost of equipment+working capital | ||
initial cash outflow = 160000+66000 = 226000 | ||
yearly cash flow | ||
sale revenue | 310000 | |
less: variable expenses | 150000 | |
less: Fixed out of pocket cost | 76000 | |
Annual cash flow | 84000 |
detailation of net present value | |||||
Years | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
cost of investment | -160000 | ||||
Working capital | -66000 | ||||
Overhaul of equipment | -11000 | ||||
Salvage value of equipment | 15000 | ||||
Sale revenue | 310000 | 310000 | 310000 | 310000 | |
variable expenses | -150000 | -150000 | -150000 | -150000 | |
Fixed out of pocket costs | -76000 | -76000 | -76000 | -76000 | |
Working capital released | 66000 | ||||
Net cash flow | 84000 | 73000 | 84000 | 165000 | |
PV Factor @ 18% | 0.847 | 0.718 | 0.609 | 0.516 | |
present value of cash flow | 71148 | 52414 | 51156 | 85140 | |
Total present value of cash inflow | 259858 | ||||
less: cost of investment | 226000 | ||||
Net present value | 33858 |