Question: King Electronics is considering investing in a new component that requires a $100,000 investment in new capital equipment, as well as additional net working capital.
King Electronics is considering investing in a new component that requires a $100,000 investment in new capital equipment, as well as additional net working capital. The investment is expected to provide cash flows over the next five years. The anticipated earnings and project free cash flows for the investment are found in the table below.
Project Pro Forma Income Statements
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Revenues | $100,000 | $105,000 | $110,250 | $115,763 | $121,551 |
| Less: Cost of goods sold | (40,000) | (42,000) | (44,100) | (46,305) | (48,620) |
| Gross profit | $ 60,000 | $63,000 | $66,150 | $69,458 | $72,930 |
| Less: Operating expenses | (20,000) | (21,000) | (22,050) | (23,153) | (24,310) |
| Less: Depreciation expense | (20,000) | (20,000) | (20,000) | (20,000) | (20,000) |
| Net operating income | $ 20,000 | $22,000 | $24,100 | $26,305 | $28,620 |
| Less: Interest expense | (3,200) | (3,200) | (3,200) | (3,200) | (3,200) |
| Earnings before taxes | $ 16,800 | $18,800 | $20,900 | $23,105 | $25,420 |
| Less: Taxes | (5,040) | (5,640) | (6,270) | (6,932) | (7,626) |
| Net income | $ 11,760 | $13,160 | $14,630 | $16,173 | $17,794 |
Project Free Cash Flows
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Net operating income |
| $20,000 | $22,000 | $24,100 | $26,305 | $28,620 |
| Less: Taxes |
| (6,000) | (6,600) | (7,230) | (7,892) | (8,586) |
| NOPAT |
| $14,000 | $15,400 | $16,870 | $18,414 | $20,034 |
| Plus: Depreciation |
| 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Less: CAPEX | $(100,000) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Less: Change in NWC | (5,000) | (250) | (263) | (276) | (289) | 6,078 |
| Project free cash flow | $(105,000) | $33,750 | $35,138 | $36,594 | $38,124 | $46,112 |
| Invested capital |
| $105,000 | $85,250 | $65,513 | $45,788 | $26,078 |
Calculate the projects annual economic profits using the invested capital. (Project cost of capital is 11.24%. You dont need to calculate present value of annual economic profit.).
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