Investment Analysis through Incremental Analysis
The Best Manufacturing Company is considering a new investment. Financial projections for the investment are tabulated below. Cash flows are in $ thousands and the corporate tax rate is 34 percent. Assume all sales revenue is received in cash, all operating costs and income taxes are paid in cash, and all cash flows occur at the end of the year.
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Year 0
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Investment
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$10,000
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Sales revenue
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-
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$7,000
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$7,000
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$7,000
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$7,000
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Operating costs
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-
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2,000
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2,000
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2,000
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2,000
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Depreciation
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-
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2,500
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2,500
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2,500
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2,500
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Net working capital (end of year)
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200
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250
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300
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200
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-
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1. Compute the incremental net income of the investment for each year.
2. Compute the incremental cash flows of the investment for each year.
3. Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 12 percent. What is the NPV of the project?
Note: The first step is to determine the actual amount of cash for each year. Remember to adjust for income for non-cash items (depreciation) and the payment of taxes. This should be done for the initial investment as well as each year of the project (4 years).