Corporate Finance Flashcards
Cash Flows Table Format (expansion project)
- Year 0: FC Inv + WC Inv
- Year 1-5: After tax operating cash flows
- Terminal year: after tax FA sales + Return of WC Inv (year 5 can be a terminal year. Step three is added to the total after tax cash flow)
Compute after-tax operating cash flow
+ Sales
- Operating expenses
- Depreciation
= Operating income before taxes
- taxes on operating income
= Op income after taxes
+ Depreciation
= After-tax operating cash flow
After-tax Salvage Value
= (Sale price of FA) - [(Gain on FA) X (Tax rate)]
MACRS
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System
When does MACRS switch to straight line method?
- when the straight line amount would be at least as much as under the double or 150%(15 yr - 30 yr MACRS) method.
Calculate MACRS annual depreciation
- Determine double or 150% (over 15 yrs is 150%)
- Assume asset has been used for 6 months in first year
- Divide 1st year Dep % by 2 (5 years = 40%/2 = 20%)
- Multiply each year’s beg BV by double/150%
- Switch to straightline when optimal
Depreciation Tax Savings
= Depreciation Exp. X Tax Rate
Three steps of evaluating a replacement project
- Investment outlays
- Change in annual after-tax operating cash flows
- Terminal year after-tax non-operating cash flow
Investment Outlay Calculation (Replacement Project)
+FC Investment
+NWCInvestment (
-Sale of old equipment
+Taxrate(gain on sale of old equipment)
Investment Outlay
- Remember to use book value (less accumulated depr)
Annual After-tax Operating Cash Flow (Replacement Project)
= (ΔSales-ΔCosts)(1-t)+ΔtD
- ΔtD is the change in the depreciation tax shield*
- You are only concerned about the change in cash flows*
Terminal year after-tax non-operating cash flow (Replacement Project)
TNOCF =
+ Difference on sale of new/old equip
+ Return of additional WC
- Incremental flow from taxes on disposal
= TNOCF
- incremental flow from taxes are calculated like this example… .4(600K - BV) - .4(125K - BV)
Methods to compare projects with unequal lives
- Least common multiple of lives
* The cash flows (including the repeated investment needs to be broken out)* - Equivalent annual annuity approach
* - If this is a one-shot project vs. investment chain, the project with the greatest NPV should be chosen.*
Equivalent Annual Annuity Approach (EAA)
Comput the payment as if the project was an annual annuity
- PV = negative NPV
- FV = 0
- N = Project life
- Cpt Payment
* - This may be superior to the common lifespan method*
Profitability Index & Capital Rationing
- Hard or soft capital rationing means you can’t invest in everything and must prioritize
- PI = PV of Cash Flows / Initial investment
3 Methods to Evalutate Standalone Risk
- Sensitivity analysis: How much does NPV change for a change in one variable.
- Scenario analysis: Each scenario tests the impact of probable scenarios across multiple variables.
- Simulation/Monte Carlo analysis: Define probability distributions for each variable
SML for CAPM to determine appropriate discount rate.
SML or Ri = Rf + β(Rm-Rf)
Types of Real Options
- Timing Options: Can the company delay?
- Sizing Options: Can company abandon or expand project?
- Flexibility Options: Can prices be changed and can output quantities be changed?
- Fundamental Options: Options intrinsic to the project
Price a project option (sizing example)
- Weight the project according to probable outcomes and calculate NPV
- Calcuate the NPV and weight it based on the probable outcomes from the time the option is “exercisable”.
- Compare the difference between the value of 1 to the value of 2 to determine the value of the option.
Economic income / ΔMarket Value / Economic Rate of Return
EI = After tax operating cash flow - change in Market Value
ΔMV = NPV of future cash flows at beginning of period - NPV of future cash flows at end of period. Each year’s ending MV = the nex year’s beginning MV
ERR = EI / Beginning MV
MAKE SURE YOU ONLY INCLUDE FUTURE CASH FLOWS (NOT CURRENT) CASH FLOWS FROM THE END OF THE YEAR TO CALCULATE THE NPV.
Accounting Income
- Includes interest expense (rather than just assuming it is embedded in the discount rate)
- Is net income so depreciation is not added back
DO NOT FORGET TO SUBTRACT INTEREST BEFORE TAXES SINCE THIS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ALREADY DONE.
Economic Profit Definition
- What the company has after debt and equity holders are paid required rate of return.
- Economic Profit = NOPAT - $WACC
- NOPAT = Net operating profit after tax (does not include interest) EBIT(1-Tr)
- $WACC = invested capital each year (BV of assets) X Required rate of return or cost of capital
NPV of Economic Profit
= NPV of each year’s EP + Initial Capital Investment
Residual Income / Equity Charge for Period
RI = Net Income for Period - Equity Charge for Period
ECfP = (Required return on equity) X (Beginning BV of Equity)
Required Return on Equity
Cost of Capital(WACC) = WoD(CoD)(1-Tr) + WoE(Re)
- -WoD: Weight of Debt*
- CoD: Cost of Debt (interest rate)*
- WoE: Weight of Equity*
- Remeber that WACC formula may also include preferred or other types of equity/debt*