The company, in its first year, reported net operating profit after tax of $600,000. The amount invested by debt holders was $4,000,000. Equity holders also invested $4,000,000. Interest paid during the year was $240,000 and the weighted average cost of capital is 8%, while the cost of equity capital is 10%. Calculate the company’s economic profit.
Let us first understand what Economic Profit or Economic Value Added means.
Economic value added (EVA) is a measure of a company's financial performance based on the residual wealth calculated by deducting its cost of capital from its operating profit, adjusted for taxes on a cash basis. EVA can also be referred to as Economic profit, as it attempts to capture the true economic profit of a company.
The formula for calculating EVA is:
{Net Operating Profit After Taxes (NOPAT)} - {Invested Capital * Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)}
The following data is given in the question:
Therefore, Economic Profit =
= 600000 - 640000
= - 40000 $
Answer: The company in its first year of operation reported a negative economic profit of $ 40000.
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