Question

MaxiCare Corporation, a not-for-profit organization, specializes in health care for senior citizens. Management is considering whether to expand operations by opening a new chain of care centers in the inner city of large metropolitan areas. For a new facility, initial cash outlays for lease, renovations, net working capital, training, and other costs are expected to be about $17 million. The corporation expects the cash inflows of each new facility in its first year of operation to equal the initial investment outlay for the facility. Net cash inflows are expected to increase to $2.0 million in each of years 2 and 3; $2.5 million in year 4; and $3.0 million in each of years 5 through 10. The lease agreement for the facility will expire at the end of year 10, and MaxiCare expects the cost to close a facility will pretty much exhaust all cash proceeds from the disposal. Cost of capital for MaxiCare is estimated as 12%. Assume that all cash flows occur at year end.

What is the breakeven selling price for this investment, that is, the price that would yield an NPV of $0? (Use the Goal Seek function in Excel to determine the breakeven selling price.

Answer 1

Years	Net Cash Flow		NPV
	($ in Million)		($ in Million)
0	-17
1	0	0.893	0
2	2	0.797	1.594
3	2	0.712	1.424
4	2.5	0.636	1.59
5	3	0.567	1.701
6	3	0.507	1.521
7	3	0.452	1.356
8	3	0.404	1.212
9	3	0.361	1.083
10	3	0.322	0.966
			12.447

Total Inflow =$12.447 M