The Riteway Ad Agency provides cars for its sales staff. In the past, the company has always purchased its cars from a dealer and then sold the cars after three years of use. The company’s present fleet of cars is three years old and will be sold very shortly. To provide a replacement fleet, the company is considering two alternatives: |
Purchase alternative: The company can purchase the cars, as in the past, and sell the cars after three years of use. Ten cars will be needed, which can be purchased at a discounted price of $22,000 each. If this alternative is accepted, the following costs will be incurred on the fleet as a whole: |
Annual cost of servicing, taxes, and licensing | $ | 3,800 |
Repairs, first year | $ | 1,700 |
Repairs, second year | $ | 4,200 |
Repairs, third year | $ | 6,200 |
At the end of three years, the fleet could be sold for one-half of the original purchase price. |
Lease alternative: The company can lease the cars under a three-year lease contract. The lease cost would be $57,000 per year (the first payment due at the end of Year 1). As part of this lease cost, the owner would provide all servicing and repairs, license the cars, and pay all the taxes. Riteway would be required to make a $14,000 security deposit at the beginning of the lease period, which would be refunded when the cars were returned to the owner at the end of the lease contract. |
Riteway Ad Agency’s required rate of return is 16%. |
Use Excel or a financial calculator to solve. |
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Use the total-cost approach to determine the present value of the cash flows associated with each alternative. (Any cash outflows should be indicated by a minus sign. Round to the nearest dollar.) |
Now123Purchase Alternative:Purchase of carsAnnual servicing costsRepairsResale value of carsTotal cash flows$0$0$0$0Net present valueLease Alternative:Security depositAnnual lease paymentsRefund of depositTotal cash flows$0$0$0$0Net present value
Which alternative should the company accept? | |||||
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Solution:
Computation of Present Value of Purchasing and Leasing option - Riteway Ad Agency | ||||
Particulars | Period | Amount | PV Factor | Present Value |
Purchasing Option: | ||||
Purchase price of Car | 0 | -$220,000.00 | 1 | -$220,000 |
Annual cost of Servicing, taxes and licensing | 1-3 | -$3,800.00 | 2.246 | -$8,535 |
Repairs - Year 1 | 1 | -$1,700.00 | 0.862 | -$1,465 |
Repairs - Year 2 | 2 | -$4,200.00 | 0.743 | -$3,121 |
Repairs - Year 3 | 3 | -$6,200.00 | 0.641 | -$3,974 |
Sale Value of Car | 3 | $110,000.00 | 0.641 | $70,510 |
Present Value of Buying Option (A) | -$166,585 | |||
Leasing Option: | ||||
Annual lease payment | 1-3 | -$57,000.00 | 2.246 | -$128,022 |
Security deposit | 0 | -$14,000.00 | 1 | -$14,000 |
Return of Security deposit | 3 | $14,000.00 | 0.641 | $8,974 |
Present Value of Leasing Option (B) | -$133,048 |
The company should accept lease alternative.
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