Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer, Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plant that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of 12.4% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research, it has prepared the incremental free cash flow projections shown below (in Millions of dollars) Year 0 1-9 10 Revenues 101.3 101.3 Manufacturing Expenses (other than depreciation) -32.3 -323 Marketing Expenses -9,6 -9,6 Depreciation - 15.0 - 15.0 EBIT 44.4 444 Taxes at 35% - 15.5 - 15.5 Unlevered Net Income 28.9 28.9 Depreciation +15.0 +15.0 Additions to Net Working Capital -5.7 -5.7 a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks? The NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks, based on the estimated froe cash flow is $million (Round to two decimal places) b. Based on input from the marketing department. Bauer in uncertain about to revenue forecast. In particular, management would like to examine the sensitivity of the NPV to the revenue assumptions. What is the NPV of this project if revenues are higher than forecast? What is the NPV if revenues are 10% lower than forecast? The NPVof this project if revenuen are 10% higher than forecast is $ million (Round to two decimal places) The NPV of this project if revenues are 10% lower than forecast is $ million (Round to two decimal places) Revenues Manufacturing Expenses (other than depreciation) Marketing Expenses Depreciation EBIT Taxes at 35% Unlevered Net Income Depreciation Additions to Net Working Capital Capital Expenditures Continuation Value Free Cash Flow 101.3 -32.3 -9.6 - 15.0 44.4 - 15.5 28.9 + 15.0 -5.7 101.3 - 32.3 -9.6 - 15.0 44.4 - 15.5 28.9 + 15.0 -5.7 - -149.5 + 12.6 50.8 - 149.5 38.2 c. Rather than assuming that cash flows for this project are constant, management would like to explore the sensitivity of its analysis to possible growth in revenues and operating expenses. Specifically, management would like to assume that revenues, manufacturing expenses, and marketing expenses are as given in the table for year 1 and grow by 2% per year every year starting in year 2. Management also plans to assume that the initial capital expenditures (and therefore depreciation), additions to working capital, and continuation value remain as initially specified in the table. What is the NPV of this project under these alternative assumptions? How does the NPV change if the revenues and operating expenses grow by 6% per year rather than by 2%7 If revenues, manufacturing expenses, and marketing expenses grow by 2% per year every year starting in year 2, the NPV of the estimated free cash flow is $ 1 million, (Round to two decimal places.) If revenues, manufacturing expenses, and marketing expenses grow by 6% per year every year starting in year 2, the NPV of the estimated free cash flow is 5 million (Round to two decimal places.) d. To examine the sensitivity of this project to the discount rate, maragement would like to compute the NPV for cstforenit discount ratos using the buto-cane scenario. Create a graph, with the discount rate on the x-axis and the NPV on the y-axis, for discount rates ranging from 5% to 30%. For what ranges of discount rates does the project have a positive NPV? The NPV in positive for dincount rates below the IRR of (Round to one decimal place)
