Year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
CAPEX cash flows: | ||||
1.Cost of new machinery | -1000000 | |||
2.Operating Cash flows | ||||
i.Sale items | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
ii. Sale value(a*10000) | 1000000 | 1020000 | 1040400 | |
iii.Less:Production costs | -500000 | -510000 | -520200 | |
iv.Less:Salary of new employee | -30000 | -30600 | -31212 | |
a. Incremental pre-tax cash flows(ii-iii-iv) | 470000 | 479400 | 488988 | |
v.Less: Incl.Tax at 30% | -141000 | -143820 | -146696 | |
vi.Add: Depn. Tax shield(1000000/4*30%) | 75000 | 75000 | 75000 | 75000 |
vii.Incremental post-tax cash flows(a-v+vi) | 75000 | 404000 | 410580 | 417292 |
b. Total Incl.post-tax cash flows(1+vii) | -925000 | 404000 | 410580 | 417292 |
3.PV F at 4.92%(1/1.0492^n) | 1 | 0.95311 | 0.90841 | 0.86582 |
4. PV at 4.92%(b*3) | -925000 | 385055 | 372976 | 361297 |
5. NPV (sum row 4) | 194329 | |||
Discounted pay-back period: | ||||
4. PV at 4.92%(b*3) | -925000 | 385055 | 372976 | 361297 |
5. Cumulative p/b | -925000 | -539945 | -166968 | 194329 |
Disc.Pay-back period= | 2+(166968/361297)= | |||
2.46 | ||||
Years | ||||
d. Multinat PLC can go ahead with the project as it returns POSITIVE NPV | ||||
Also it pays back within 3 years. | ||||
WACC Calculations: |
As per CAPM |
Cost of Retained eranings,K(re) =RFR+(Beta*Market Risk Premium) |
K(re)=2%+(1.2*4%)= |
6.80% |
After-tax cost of debt=3%*(1-30%)= |
2.10% |
So, |
Post-tax WACC for Multinat PLC is: |
WACC=(wd*kd)+(we*ke) |
ie.(40%*2.10%)+(60%*6.80%)= |
4.92% |
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