Your firm plans to buy another company for $100 million. The acquisition is expected to generate net benefit of $20 million per year (at year-end) over 3 years and then $25 million indefinitely (perpetually). If your firm’s cost of capital is 12%, what is the NPV of the proposal and is it worth it?
Ans: NPV = $ 156,369,959
NPV | Project | |||
Year | Present value factor =1/(1+r)^n | Present value factor (A) | Net Cash flows (inflows-outflows) (B) | Present value of cash flows (A*B) |
1 | 1/(1+12%) | 0.8929 | 20000000 | 17857143 |
2 | 1/(1+12%)^2 | 0.7972 | 20000000 | 15943878 |
3 | 1/(1+12%)^3 | 0.7118 | 20000000 | 14235605 |
4 | 1/(12%) | 8.3333 | 25000000 | 208333333 |
Present value of cash inflows | 256369959 | |||
Less: Initial outflow | 100000000 | |||
NPV | 156369959 |
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