Weston Clothing Company is considering manufacturing a new style of shirt, whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-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 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other Weston's 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.)
Cost of capital | 10.0% |
Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products (cannibalization) | $5,000 |
Investment cost (depreciable basis) | $80,000 |
Straight-line deprec. rate | 33.333% |
Sales revenues, each year for 3 years | $67,500 |
Annual operating costs (excl. deprec.) | $25,000 |
Tax rate | 25.0% |