\"TexMex Food Company is considering a new salsa whose data are shown below. The
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"TexMex Food Company is considering a new salsa whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its three-year life and would have a zero salvage value, and no new working capital would be required. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project’s three-year life. However, this project would compete with other TexMex products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. What is the project’s NPV? (Hint: Cash flows are constant in years 1-3.)WACC
Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products (cannibalization)
Investment cost (depreciable basis)
Straight-line deprec. rate
Sales revenues, each year for three years
Annual operating costs (excl. deprec.)
Tax rate 10.0%
$5,000-$80,000 $67,500 -$25,000
35.0%
a. $3,636
b. $3,828
c. $4,019
d. $4,220
e. $4,431
Explanation / Answer
Sales 67500 67500 67500 Less: Expenses 25000 25000 25000 Less: Dep 26666.66667 26666.66667 26666.66667 EBT 15833.33333 15833.33333 15833.33333 Less Taxes 5541.666667 5541.666667 5541.666667 EAT 10291.66667 10291.66667 10291.66667 Cannibalization (After Tax Effect) 3250 3250 3250 Cash Flow From Project 33708.33333 33708.33333 33708.33333 Investment -80000 Net Cash Flow -80000 33708.33333 33708.33333 33708.33333 PV factor 1 0.909090909 0.826446281 0.751314801 Present Value -80000 30643.93939 27858.12672 25325.56975 NPV 3,828 is answer
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