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Star Motor Company has been successfully making autos and trucks for more than 100 years in the United States (U.S.), and was one of the dominant car companies in the U.S. automobile industry. Recent years, however, have been very difficult for Star. Indeed, they have been difficult years for all automobile companies. The automobile industry is now a highly competitive business globally. Twenty years ago, Star competed against only two other auto companies in the domestic market, but there are now a dozen large foreign auto companies to compete against. The emerging Chinese automobile companies that are subsidized by the Chinese government have very cheap labour costs. Competition from the Chinese vehicles is expected to drive down the selling price of all types of autos, and Star's sales and profit margins would be reduced dramatically in future. Star, currently, has very high debts as it owes US$20 billion at the end of year 2019 (cell B52), and interest expense is high. In the last two years, Star has just about broken even - net income after tax has been close to zero. Star's management is considering dissolving the company if large profits cannot be made in the next three years (2020 to 2022) before government policy makers allow Chinese car models to be sold massively in the U.S. Star's management reasons that Star's better models could be sold to other car companies and the proceeds distributed to the shareholders. This would be better than a slow march to bankruptcy, resulting in shareholders getting nothing. In year 2019, Star's management would like to forecast its financial situation such as the net income, debt owed and cash flow for the next three years (2020-2022) based on 2019's data so that Star's management can decide what to do next. You are asked to help Star's management and write Excel formulas in cells C19 to C52 to do these forecasts by performing a what-if analysis using Microsoft Excel. Most automobile industry executives also think there is an oversupply of autos and trucks relative to consumer demand. When supply exceeds demand, there will be downward pressure on selling price, and this forces Star's management to introduce two kinds of "incentive" programs: cash-back and special low rate financing. Cash-back incentive means offering discounts on the listed price of a car, for example offering US$5000 off a US$26,000 car. Special low-rate financing means lending money to car buyers at below-bank interest rates. Star may offer a combination of both kinds of incentive programs. Incentives are assumed a permanent feature of automobile marketing; and there are two levels of incentives (row 12): ● ● Up (U) - if competition is intense such that aggressive incentives (that means high price discounts and/or very low interest rate financing) are expected. Levels of incentives can vary from year to year. If incentives level is expected to be S for year 2020, S for year 2021 and U for year 2022, then the pattern SSU would be entered in cells C12 to E12. Stable (S) - if competition is not fierce such that incentives are expected to be at normal levels. Star has its own finance unit whose activity has been lending money to car buyers. This division borrows money at low interest rates in credit markets or from the company's bankers, and can make profits when lending this money to car buyers at higher interest rates. For example, the finance unit borrows money at 5% interest rate from its bank and then make loans to car buyers at 6% to 8% interest rate, thus Star makes money in the form of interest earned on car loans to car buyers. However, in periods of aggressive incentives with low-rate financing being offered to car buyers, Star's finance unit loses money because it lends money at a rate less than the rate Star borrows at. Star's finance unit also handles general corporate borrowings as well. For example, Star may want to borrow US$100 million to build a new manufacturing plant, then it would negotiate with the company's bankers to borrow money, or it would go to Wall Street sell bonds to raise money. All bond issuers are rated by independent credit analysis agencies. The ratings are intended as a measure of how likely a company is to pay off existing debts (interest and principle). A poor rating would reduce investor confidence and would mean that Star would have to borrow money at higher interest rates. A high rating would increase investor confidence in Star and means Star can borrow money at lower interest rates. Thus, credit agency rating greatly affects interest rates in the bond market, and it has two values for Star (cell B10): Weak (B) if competition is fierce, and Star is in great debt such that the rating is not expected to improve in the near future. Junk (J) - this is the lowest rating in the bond market if Star worsens nearly to default and requires government bailout. The credit agency rating entered in cell B10 applies to all three forecast years 2020 to 2022. ● ● - Increased competition also has effect on the number of car unit sales. The unit car sales increase factor in row 11 allows a decimal percentage change in unit car sales in a year to be entered. For example, if unit car sales were expected to go up 5%, then 0.05 would be entered for that year. If sales were expected to fall 7%, then -0.07 would be entered for that year. The following constants (rows 4 to 7) for the forecast are described below: ● ● ● ● Tax rate: The corporate tax rate is expected to be steady at 20% (row 4) for the next three years (2020-2022). ● Minimum cash needed to start next year: Star's policy is to have at least US$10 million cash on hand at the end of each year, in order to start next year's business (row 5), and thus this is the minimum cash needed at the end of each year. Calculations (rows 19 to 24) are described below: Unit manufacturing cost reduction factor: Each car requires direct costs, which include raw materials and direct labour during assembly. The average value of a car unit's direct costs is expected to go down 1% a year (row 6) in each of the next three years (that is 1% less than previous year). Fixed costs: Research-and-development costs, advertising and promotion costs and other general administrative costs are considered as fixed costs because these costs do not vary much with the number of autos sold. They are expected to be steady in the next three years at US$7 billion a year (row 7). Interest rate on debt (row 20): If the credit agency rating is weak (B) in the next three years, the interest rate paid on debt owed will be 5% in each of the next three years. If the rating is junk-bond (J) status, the interest rate will be 10% in each of the next three years. Average number of car units sold (row 21): The average number of car units sold in a year is based on the prior year's sales units and the unit car sales increase factor (see row 11). Average selling price per unit (row 22): If the level of incentives is expected to be stable (S) in a year, then Star can be expected to raise the average unit selling price per unit 1% over the prior year's price. However, if the level of incentives is expected to be up (U) in a year, the average unit selling price per unit in a year will be 5% less than the prior year's selling price. Direct cost to make a car unit (row 23): The average direct cost to make an automobile in a year is based on the prior year's direct cost to make a car unit, and on the unit manufacturing cost reduction factor. Interest earned per car unit sold (row 24): Majority of car buyers will finance the purchase through Star's finance unit. Financing is a source of income (or loss) to Starr. If the incentives are stable in a year, Star can expect to make on average about US$150 in interest revenue on a unit sold. However, if incentives are up, only about US$20 in interest revenue is earned per unit sold, on average. Income & Cash Flow Statements (rows 26 to 41) are described below: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Cash at the beginning of a year (row 27): this is the cash at the end of previous year. Revenue from auto sales (row 30): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the average selling price per car unit in that year. Revenue from interest earned (row 31): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the interest earned per car unit sold in that year. Total revenue (row 32): This is the total revenue from auto sales and interest earned. Total direct costs of autos sold (row 34): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the average cost to make a car unit in that year. Fixed costs (row 35): Fixed costs do not vary much with the number of autos sold, and they include research-and-development costs, advertising and promotion costs and other general administrative costs. Total costs (row 36): This is the total of the direct costs and fixed costs in that year. Income before interest and tax (row 37): Before considering tax and interest expense, this is the difference between total revenue and total costs. Interest expense (row 38): This is a simple interest based on the year's interest rate and the debt owed at the beginning of that year. Income before tax (row 39): Before considering tax, but after considering interest expense, this is the difference between income before interest and tax, and interest expense. Income tax expense (row 40): This is zero if income before tax is zero or less; otherwise, apply the tax rate for the year to the income before tax. Net income after tax (row 41): This is the difference between income before tax and income tax expense. ● ● ● ● ● Debt Owed (rows 48 to 52) is described below: The amount of US$20 billion (cell B52) is already owed to bankers and bondholders at the end of 2019. ● Net Cash Position (NCP) (row 43): NCP at the end of a year equals the cash beginning of a year, plus the year's net income, assuming that there are no receivables or payables. ● Assume that Star's bankers will lend enough money (row 44) at the end of a year to get to Star's minimum cash target (see row 5). If the NCP is less than the minimum cash at the end of a year, Star must borrow enough to reach the minimum cash target. Borrowings increase cash on hand, of course. If the NCP is more than the minimum cash and there is outstanding debt from previous year(s), then some or all of the debt should be repaid, but not to take your company below the minimum cash level (row 45). Cash at the end of the year equals the NCP, plus any borrowings and less any repayments (row 46). Debt owed at the beginning of a year equals the debt owed at the end of previous year. Amounts borrowed and repaid that have been calculated before can be echoed to this section. The amount owed at the end of a year equals to the debt owed at the beginning of the year plus any borrowings, and less any repayments. NOTE: Assume there is no typing mistakes in cells B10, C12, D12, E12. Table 1: 'NA' = Not Applicable, meaning no entry is required in the cell. A C 1 Star Motor Company 2 3 CONSTANTS 4 TAX RATE 5 MINIMUM CASH NEEDED TO START NEXT YEAR 6 UNIT MANUFACTURING COST REDUCTION FACTOR 7 FIXED COSTS 8 9 INPUTS 10 CREDIT AGENCY RATING (B = WEAK; J = JUNK) 11 UNIT CAR SALES INCREASE FACTOR (.XX) 12 INCENTIVES (S = STABLE; U = UP) 13 2019 2019 B ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ J ΝΑ ΝΑ 2020 0.2 10000000 0.01 7000000000 2020 0.01 ΝΑ S 2021 0.2 10000000 0.01 D 7000000000 2021 -0.05 ΝΑ S 2022 0.2 10000000 0.01 7000000000 2022 E -0.09 ΝΑ U Table 1: continued A 19 CALCULATIONS 20 INTEREST RATE ON DEBT 21 AVERAGE NUMBER OF CAR UNITS SOLD 22 AVERAGE SELLING PRICE PER UNIT 23 AVERAGE COST TO MAKE A CAR UNIT 24 INTEREST EARNED PER UNIT SOLD INCOME STATEMENT AND 26 CASH FLOW STATEMENT 27 BEGINNING-OF-THE-YEAR CASH ON HAND 29 REVENUE 30 AUTO SALES 31 INTEREST EARNED 32 TOTAL REVENUE 33 COSTS 34 COST OF AUTOS SOLD 35 FIXED COSTS 36 TOTAL COSTS 37 INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND TAX 38 INTEREST EXPENSE 39 INCOME BEFORE TAX 40 INCOME TAX EXPENSE 41 NET INCOME AFTER TAX TL NET CASH POSITION (NCP) BEFORE BORROWING AND REPAYMENT OF 43 DEBT (BEG OF YR CASH + NET INCOME) 44 ADD: BORROWING FROM BANK 45 LESS: REPAYMENT TO BANK 46 EQUALS: END-OF-THE-YEAR CASH ON HAND 48 DEBT OWED 49 BEGINNING-OF-THE-YEAR DEBT OWED 50 ADD: BORROWING FROM BANK 51 LESS: REPAYMENT TO BANK 52 EQUALS: END-OF-THE-YEAR DEBT OWED 50 2019 B ΝΑ 2125000 18700 15000 ΝΑ 2019 ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ 10000000 2019 2020 ? 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Indeed, they have been difficult years for all automobile companies. The automobile industry is now a highly competitive business globally. Twenty years ago, Star competed against only two other auto companies in the domestic market, but there are now a dozen large foreign auto companies to compete against. The emerging Chinese automobile companies that are subsidized by the Chinese government have very cheap labour costs. Competition from the Chinese vehicles is expected to drive down the selling price of all types of autos, and Star's sales and profit margins would be reduced dramatically in future. Star, currently, has very high debts as it owes US$20 billion at the end of year 2019 (cell B52), and interest expense is high. In the last two years, Star has just about broken even - net income after tax has been close to zero. Star's management is considering dissolving the company if large profits cannot be made in the next three years (2020 to 2022) before government policy makers allow Chinese car models to be sold massively in the U.S. Star's management reasons that Star's better models could be sold to other car companies and the proceeds distributed to the shareholders. This would be better than a slow march to bankruptcy, resulting in shareholders getting nothing. In year 2019, Star's management would like to forecast its financial situation such as the net income, debt owed and cash flow for the next three years (2020-2022) based on 2019's data so that Star's management can decide what to do next. You are asked to help Star's management and write Excel formulas in cells C19 to C52 to do these forecasts by performing a what-if analysis using Microsoft Excel. Most automobile industry executives also think there is an oversupply of autos and trucks relative to consumer demand. When supply exceeds demand, there will be downward pressure on selling price, and this forces Star's management to introduce two kinds of "incentive" programs: cash-back and special low rate financing. Cash-back incentive means offering discounts on the listed price of a car, for example offering US$5000 off a US$26,000 car. Special low-rate financing means lending money to car buyers at below-bank interest rates. Star may offer a combination of both kinds of incentive programs. Incentives are assumed a permanent feature of automobile marketing; and there are two levels of incentives (row 12): ● ● Up (U) - if competition is intense such that aggressive incentives (that means high price discounts and/or very low interest rate financing) are expected. Levels of incentives can vary from year to year. If incentives level is expected to be S for year 2020, S for year 2021 and U for year 2022, then the pattern SSU would be entered in cells C12 to E12. Stable (S) - if competition is not fierce such that incentives are expected to be at normal levels. Star has its own finance unit whose activity has been lending money to car buyers. This division borrows money at low interest rates in credit markets or from the company's bankers, and can make profits when lending this money to car buyers at higher interest rates. For example, the finance unit borrows money at 5% interest rate from its bank and then make loans to car buyers at 6% to 8% interest rate, thus Star makes money in the form of interest earned on car loans to car buyers. However, in periods of aggressive incentives with low-rate financing being offered to car buyers, Star's finance unit loses money because it lends money at a rate less than the rate Star borrows at. Star's finance unit also handles general corporate borrowings as well. For example, Star may want to borrow US$100 million to build a new manufacturing plant, then it would negotiate with the company's bankers to borrow money, or it would go to Wall Street sell bonds to raise money. All bond issuers are rated by independent credit analysis agencies. The ratings are intended as a measure of how likely a company is to pay off existing debts (interest and principle). A poor rating would reduce investor confidence and would mean that Star would have to borrow money at higher interest rates. A high rating would increase investor confidence in Star and means Star can borrow money at lower interest rates. Thus, credit agency rating greatly affects interest rates in the bond market, and it has two values for Star (cell B10): Weak (B) if competition is fierce, and Star is in great debt such that the rating is not expected to improve in the near future. Junk (J) - this is the lowest rating in the bond market if Star worsens nearly to default and requires government bailout. The credit agency rating entered in cell B10 applies to all three forecast years 2020 to 2022. ● ● - Increased competition also has effect on the number of car unit sales. The unit car sales increase factor in row 11 allows a decimal percentage change in unit car sales in a year to be entered. For example, if unit car sales were expected to go up 5%, then 0.05 would be entered for that year. If sales were expected to fall 7%, then -0.07 would be entered for that year. The following constants (rows 4 to 7) for the forecast are described below: ● ● ● ● Tax rate: The corporate tax rate is expected to be steady at 20% (row 4) for the next three years (2020-2022). ● Minimum cash needed to start next year: Star's policy is to have at least US$10 million cash on hand at the end of each year, in order to start next year's business (row 5), and thus this is the minimum cash needed at the end of each year. Calculations (rows 19 to 24) are described below: Unit manufacturing cost reduction factor: Each car requires direct costs, which include raw materials and direct labour during assembly. The average value of a car unit's direct costs is expected to go down 1% a year (row 6) in each of the next three years (that is 1% less than previous year). Fixed costs: Research-and-development costs, advertising and promotion costs and other general administrative costs are considered as fixed costs because these costs do not vary much with the number of autos sold. They are expected to be steady in the next three years at US$7 billion a year (row 7). Interest rate on debt (row 20): If the credit agency rating is weak (B) in the next three years, the interest rate paid on debt owed will be 5% in each of the next three years. If the rating is junk-bond (J) status, the interest rate will be 10% in each of the next three years. Average number of car units sold (row 21): The average number of car units sold in a year is based on the prior year's sales units and the unit car sales increase factor (see row 11). Average selling price per unit (row 22): If the level of incentives is expected to be stable (S) in a year, then Star can be expected to raise the average unit selling price per unit 1% over the prior year's price. However, if the level of incentives is expected to be up (U) in a year, the average unit selling price per unit in a year will be 5% less than the prior year's selling price. Direct cost to make a car unit (row 23): The average direct cost to make an automobile in a year is based on the prior year's direct cost to make a car unit, and on the unit manufacturing cost reduction factor. Interest earned per car unit sold (row 24): Majority of car buyers will finance the purchase through Star's finance unit. Financing is a source of income (or loss) to Starr. If the incentives are stable in a year, Star can expect to make on average about US$150 in interest revenue on a unit sold. However, if incentives are up, only about US$20 in interest revenue is earned per unit sold, on average. Income & Cash Flow Statements (rows 26 to 41) are described below: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Cash at the beginning of a year (row 27): this is the cash at the end of previous year. Revenue from auto sales (row 30): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the average selling price per car unit in that year. Revenue from interest earned (row 31): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the interest earned per car unit sold in that year. Total revenue (row 32): This is the total revenue from auto sales and interest earned. Total direct costs of autos sold (row 34): This is based on the average number of car units sold in that year and on the average cost to make a car unit in that year. Fixed costs (row 35): Fixed costs do not vary much with the number of autos sold, and they include research-and-development costs, advertising and promotion costs and other general administrative costs. Total costs (row 36): This is the total of the direct costs and fixed costs in that year. Income before interest and tax (row 37): Before considering tax and interest expense, this is the difference between total revenue and total costs. Interest expense (row 38): This is a simple interest based on the year's interest rate and the debt owed at the beginning of that year. Income before tax (row 39): Before considering tax, but after considering interest expense, this is the difference between income before interest and tax, and interest expense. Income tax expense (row 40): This is zero if income before tax is zero or less; otherwise, apply the tax rate for the year to the income before tax. Net income after tax (row 41): This is the difference between income before tax and income tax expense. ● ● ● ● ● Debt Owed (rows 48 to 52) is described below: The amount of US$20 billion (cell B52) is already owed to bankers and bondholders at the end of 2019. ● Net Cash Position (NCP) (row 43): NCP at the end of a year equals the cash beginning of a year, plus the year's net income, assuming that there are no receivables or payables. ● Assume that Star's bankers will lend enough money (row 44) at the end of a year to get to Star's minimum cash target (see row 5). If the NCP is less than the minimum cash at the end of a year, Star must borrow enough to reach the minimum cash target. Borrowings increase cash on hand, of course. If the NCP is more than the minimum cash and there is outstanding debt from previous year(s), then some or all of the debt should be repaid, but not to take your company below the minimum cash level (row 45). Cash at the end of the year equals the NCP, plus any borrowings and less any repayments (row 46). Debt owed at the beginning of a year equals the debt owed at the end of previous year. Amounts borrowed and repaid that have been calculated before can be echoed to this section. The amount owed at the end of a year equals to the debt owed at the beginning of the year plus any borrowings, and less any repayments. NOTE: Assume there is no typing mistakes in cells B10, C12, D12, E12. Table 1: 'NA' = Not Applicable, meaning no entry is required in the cell. A C 1 Star Motor Company 2 3 CONSTANTS 4 TAX RATE 5 MINIMUM CASH NEEDED TO START NEXT YEAR 6 UNIT MANUFACTURING COST REDUCTION FACTOR 7 FIXED COSTS 8 9 INPUTS 10 CREDIT AGENCY RATING (B = WEAK; J = JUNK) 11 UNIT CAR SALES INCREASE FACTOR (.XX) 12 INCENTIVES (S = STABLE; U = UP) 13 2019 2019 B ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ J ΝΑ ΝΑ 2020 0.2 10000000 0.01 7000000000 2020 0.01 ΝΑ S 2021 0.2 10000000 0.01 D 7000000000 2021 -0.05 ΝΑ S 2022 0.2 10000000 0.01 7000000000 2022 E -0.09 ΝΑ U Table 1: continued A 19 CALCULATIONS 20 INTEREST RATE ON DEBT 21 AVERAGE NUMBER OF CAR UNITS SOLD 22 AVERAGE SELLING PRICE PER UNIT 23 AVERAGE COST TO MAKE A CAR UNIT 24 INTEREST EARNED PER UNIT SOLD INCOME STATEMENT AND 26 CASH FLOW STATEMENT 27 BEGINNING-OF-THE-YEAR CASH ON HAND 29 REVENUE 30 AUTO SALES 31 INTEREST EARNED 32 TOTAL REVENUE 33 COSTS 34 COST OF AUTOS SOLD 35 FIXED COSTS 36 TOTAL COSTS 37 INCOME BEFORE INTEREST AND TAX 38 INTEREST EXPENSE 39 INCOME BEFORE TAX 40 INCOME TAX EXPENSE 41 NET INCOME AFTER TAX TL NET CASH POSITION (NCP) BEFORE BORROWING AND REPAYMENT OF 43 DEBT (BEG OF YR CASH + NET INCOME) 44 ADD: BORROWING FROM BANK 45 LESS: REPAYMENT TO BANK 46 EQUALS: END-OF-THE-YEAR CASH ON HAND 48 DEBT OWED 49 BEGINNING-OF-THE-YEAR DEBT OWED 50 ADD: BORROWING FROM BANK 51 LESS: REPAYMENT TO BANK 52 EQUALS: END-OF-THE-YEAR DEBT OWED 50 2019 B ΝΑ 2125000 18700 15000 ΝΑ 2019 ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ ΝΑ 10000000 2019 2020 ? 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