Parker Products manufactures a variety of household products. The company is considering introducing a new detergent. The companyâs CFO has collected the following information about the proposed product. (Note: You may or may not need to use all of this information, use only the information that is relevant.)
The project has an anticipated economic life of 4 years.
The company will have to purchase a new machine to produce the detergent. The machine has an up-front cost (t = 0) of $1.6 million. The machine will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5 years (that is, the companyâs depreciation expense will be $320,000 in each of the first four years (t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). The company anticipates that the machine will be sold when the project expires at a salvage value of $400,000.
If the company goes ahead with the proposed product, it will have an effect on the companyâs net operating working capital. At the outset, t = 0, inventory will increase by $140,000 and accounts payable will increase by $40,000. At t = 4, the net operating working capital will be recovered after the project is completed.
The detergent is expected to generate sales revenue of $1 million the first year (t = 1), $2 million the second year (t = 2), $2 million the third year (t = 3), and $1 million the final year (t = 4). Each year the operating costs (not including depreciation) are expected to equal 50 percent of sales revenue.
The companyâs interest expense each year will be $100,000.
The new detergent is expected to reduce the after-tax cash flows of the companyâs existing products by $146,000 a year (t = 1, 2, 3, and 4).
The companyâs overall WACC is 10 percent. However, the proposed project is riskier than the average project for Parker; the projectâs WACC is estimated to be 11 percent.
The companyâs tax rate is 30 percent.
*****What is the net present value of the proposed project?
*****The Parker Productsâ policy is to recover the cost of this type of project within 3 years. What is the payback period for the project?
*****What should Parker Products do about this project? Accept or reject? Provide arguments for your answer.
Parker Products manufactures a variety of household products. The company is considering introducing a new detergent. The companyâs CFO has collected the following information about the proposed product. (Note: You may or may not need to use all of this information, use only the information that is relevant.)
The project has an anticipated economic life of 4 years.
The company will have to purchase a new machine to produce the detergent. The machine has an up-front cost (t = 0) of $1.6 million. The machine will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5 years (that is, the companyâs depreciation expense will be $320,000 in each of the first four years (t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). The company anticipates that the machine will be sold when the project expires at a salvage value of $400,000.
If the company goes ahead with the proposed product, it will have an effect on the companyâs net operating working capital. At the outset, t = 0, inventory will increase by $140,000 and accounts payable will increase by $40,000. At t = 4, the net operating working capital will be recovered after the project is completed.
The detergent is expected to generate sales revenue of $1 million the first year (t = 1), $2 million the second year (t = 2), $2 million the third year (t = 3), and $1 million the final year (t = 4). Each year the operating costs (not including depreciation) are expected to equal 50 percent of sales revenue.
The companyâs interest expense each year will be $100,000.
The new detergent is expected to reduce the after-tax cash flows of the companyâs existing products by $146,000 a year (t = 1, 2, 3, and 4).
The companyâs overall WACC is 10 percent. However, the proposed project is riskier than the average project for Parker; the projectâs WACC is estimated to be 11 percent.
The companyâs tax rate is 30 percent.
*****What is the net present value of the proposed project?
*****The Parker Productsâ policy is to recover the cost of this type of project within 3 years. What is the payback period for the project?
*****What should Parker Products do about this project? Accept or reject? Provide arguments for your answer.
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