A firm is considering a project which would cost $5000 now. The annual benefits for four years would be a fixed income of $2,500 a year, plus other savings of $500 a year in year 1, raising by 5% each year because of inflation. Running costs will be $1,000 in the first year, but would increase at 10% each year because of inflating labour costs. The company’s required rate of return (cost of capital) is 16%. Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) of the project
Answers
Net Present Value of the project should be $299.
Explanation:
Calculation of Net Present Value of the project
a) Inflated value of Cash flows:
Year Fixed Income($) Other Savings($) Running Costs($) Net Cash flows
1 2500 500 1000 2000
2 2500 525 1100 1925
3 2500 551 1210 1841
4 2500 579 1331 1748
10,000 2155 4641 7514
b) Net Present Value of the project:
Year Cash Flow($) Discount factor(16%) Present Value($)
0 (5000) 1 (5000)
1 2000 0.862 1724
2 1925 0.743 1430
3 1841 0.641 1180
4 1748 0.552 965
Net Present Value 299
Net Present Value = {Cash flows} x
where,
r= required rate of return
n = no. of years