Your company has been doingwell, reaching $1.02 million in earnings, and is considering launching a new product.
Question:
Your company has been doingwell, reaching $1.02million inearnings, and is considering launching a new product. Designing the new product has already cost $531,000.The company estimates that it will sell 792,000units per year for$3.01per unit and variablenon-labor costs will be $ 1.07per unit. Production will end after year 3. New equipment costing $1.05million will be required. The equipment will be depreciated to zero using the7-year MACRS schedule. You plan to sell the equipment for book value at the end of year 3.
Your current level of working capital is $301,000.
The new product will require the working capital to increase to a level of $384,000
immediately, then to $393,000
in year1,$351,000
in year2, and finally return to$301,000.
Your tax rate is 35 %.
The discount rate for this project is 10.1 %.
Do the capital budgeting analysis for this project and calculate its NPV.