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Photochronograph Corporation (PC) manufactures time series
photographic equipment. It is currently at its target debt–equity
ratio of .62. It’s considering building a new $65.2 million
manufacturing facility. This new plant is expected to generate
aftertax cash flows of $7.77 million in perpetuity. There are three
financing options:
If the tax rate is 30 percent, what is the NPV of the new plant?
(A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do
not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in
dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Round your
answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Net present value
$
Solution:
We can use the debt-equity ratio to calculate equity and debt weights.
Weight of debt = Debt to equity ratio / (1+ Debt to equity ratio) = 0.62/1.62 = 0.3827
Weight of equity = 1/(1+ Debt to equity ratio) = 1/1.60 = 0.6173
The company's debt has a weight for long-term debt and a weight for accounts payable.
We can use the weight given to accounts payable to calculate the weight of accounts payable and the weight of long-term debt in total debt.
The weight of each will be: Accounts payable weight = .13/1.13 = 0.1150
Long-term debt weight = 1/1.13 = 0.8850
Since the accounts payable has the same cost as the overall WACC, we can write the equation for the WACC as:
WACC = Weight of equity * Cost of equity + Weight of debt * [ (Weight of accounts payables * WACC) + (Weight of long term debt * Cost of debt * (1-tax) ) ]
WACC = (0.6173)*(.152) + (0.3827)*[(0.1150)*WACC + ((0.8850)*(0.072)*(1 - .30))]
Solving for WACC:
WACC = 0.0938296 + (0.3827)*[(0.1150*WACC + .044604]
WACC = 0.0938296 + (0.0440105)*WACC + 0.01706995
(0.9559895)*WACC = 0.11089955
WACC = .116005 or 11.60%
Since the cash flows go to perpetuity, we can calculate the future cash inflows using the equation for the PV of a perpetuity. The NPV is:
NPV = -$65200000 + ($7770000/.116005)
NPV = -$65200000 + 66979871.56
= $1,779,871.557
The NPV of the new plant = $1,779,871.56