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Dave Co. owns aging machines and is considering buying a new ones. Dave Co. is c

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Dave Co. owns aging machines and is considering buying a new ones. Dave Co. is considering replacing their older machines to take advantage of the higher potential dayrates for their contracts over the next five years. Dave Co. current produces annual revenues of $35 M per machine with cash costs of $16 M per machine. The older machines also currently have $5 M tied up in NWC per machine. The controller of the company has estimated annual revenues for newbuild machines at $269 M per machine with cash costs of $30 M per machine. The new machines would require $15 M in NWC each. The purchase price of a new machine is $750 M. They expect to depreciate this on a straight-line basis to zero over the next five years. However, the company estimates that a new machine could be sold for $400 M at the end of the project. If they purchased a new machine today, they could sell an old one on the open market for $30 M. The old machines are currently carried on the books at $35 M each and are being depreciated on a straight-line basis by $5 M per year. If they decided to stick with the old machines, they expect them to have a market value of only $15 M in five years. Assume that Dave Co. faces a 40% corporate tax rate and an 17% cost of capital. What is the NPV of the decision (in $M per machines) to replace the old machines with the new ones?

Explanation / Answer

Dave CO NPV Calculation Details per machine in $ Details Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Discounting factor @17% 1 0.8547 0.4998 0.2923 0.1709 0.1000 Old Machine Revenue           35,000,000           35,000,000           35,000,000           35,000,000               35,000,000 Cash Cost         (16,000,000)         (16,000,000)        (16,000,000)         (16,000,000)             (16,000,000) NWC           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)               (5,000,000) Depreciation           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)           (5,000,000)               (5,000,000) Income Before Tax             9,000,000             9,000,000             9,000,000             9,000,000                 9,000,000 Income Tax @40%             3,600,000             3,600,000             3,600,000             3,600,000                 3,600,000 Net Income             5,400,000             5,400,000             5,400,000             5,400,000                 5,400,000 Add back depreciation             5,000,000             5,000,000             5,000,000             5,000,000                 5,000,000 Add Salvage value               15,000,000 Total Cash Flow           10,400,000           10,400,000           10,400,000           10,400,000               25,400,000 PV of Cash Flows             8,888,889             5,198,181             3,039,872             1,777,703                 2,539,004 NPV               21,443,648 New Machine Investment          (750,000,000) Revenue         269,000,000         269,000,000        269,000,000         269,000,000             269,000,000 Cash Cost         (30,000,000)         (30,000,000)        (30,000,000)         (30,000,000)             (30,000,000) NWC         (15,000,000)         (15,000,000)        (15,000,000)         (15,000,000)             (15,000,000) Depreciation      (150,000,000)      (150,000,000)      (150,000,000)      (150,000,000)          (150,000,000) Income Before Tax           74,000,000           74,000,000           74,000,000           74,000,000               74,000,000 Income Tax @40%           29,600,000           29,600,000           29,600,000           29,600,000               29,600,000 Net Income           44,400,000           44,400,000           44,400,000           44,400,000               44,400,000 Add back depreciation         150,000,000         150,000,000        150,000,000         150,000,000             150,000,000 Add Salvage value               30,000,000             400,000,000 Total Cash Flow         194,400,000         194,400,000        194,400,000         194,400,000             594,400,000 PV of Cash Flows             412,788,118         166,153,846           97,165,992           56,822,217           33,229,367               59,416,696 NPV          (307,211,882) So, NPV of decision to replace old machine with new one is $-(307.20)M

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