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Question

Henderson Manufacturing, Inc. has a manufacturing machine that needs attention. The company is considering two options. Option 1 is to refurbish the current machineat a cost of \(1,200,000. If refurbished, Henderson expects the machine to last anothereight years and then have no residual value. Option 2 is to replace the machine at acost of \)4,600,000. A new machine would last 10 years and have no residual value.Henderson expects the following net cash inflows from the two options:

YearRefurbish CurrentPurchase New

MachineMachine

1 \( 350,000 \) 3,780,000

2 340,000 510,000

3 270,000 440,000

4 200,000 370,000

5 130,000 300,000

6 130,000 300,000

7 130,000 300,000

8 130,000 300,000

9 300,000

10 300,000

Total \( 1,680,000 \) 6,900,000

 

Henderson uses straight-line depreciation and requires an annual return of 10%.

 

Requirements

1. Compute the payback, the ARR, the NPV, and the profitability index of these twooptions.

2. Which option should Henderson choose? Why?

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

NPV for refurbishing:$19,810

NPV for new machine:$732,930

1Step1: Computation of capital budgeting ratios

For refurbishing the current Machine

 InitialInvestment=Cashflowinyear1+Cashflowinyear2+Cashflowinyear3+Cashflowinyear4+partialcashflowinyear5=$350,000+$340,000+$270,000+$200,000+$40,000=$1,200,000 

 

 

 PaybackPeriod=Totalyearcountandpartialyearcount=1+1+1+1+$40,000$130,000=1+1+1+1+0.31=4.31Years


 AverageOperatingIncome=Totalcashinflow-TotalDepreciationNo.ofyears=$1,680,000-$1,200,0008=$60,000

ARR=AverageOperatingIncomeAverageInvestment=$60,000$1,200,0002=$60,000$600,000=0.1or10%

 

Year

Cash Inflow

PV factor

Present Value

 

 

 

 

1

$350,000

0.909

$318,150

2

  340,000

0.826

280,840

3

  270,000

0.751

202,770

4

  200,000

0.683

136,600

5

  130,000

0.621

80,730

6

  130,000

0.564

73,320

7

  130,000

0.513

66,690

8

  130,000

0.467

60,710

Total

 

 

$1,219,810

NPV=Presentvalueofallcashflow-InitialInvestment=$1,219,810-$1,200,000=$19,810

ProfitabilityIndex=PresentValueofallcashinflowsInitialInvestment=$1,219,810$1,200,000=1.017


 

For purchasing new Machine

 InitialInvestment=Cashflowinyear1+Cashflowinyear2+partialcashflowinyear3=$3,780,000+$510,000+$310,000=$4,600,000 

 

 PaybackPeriod=Totalyearcountandpartialyearcount=1+1+$310,000$440,000=1+1+0.705=2.7Years

 AverageOperatingIncome=Totalcashinflow-TotalDepreciationNo.ofyears=$6,900,000-$4,600,00010=$230,000


 ARR=AverageOperatingIncomeAverageInvestment=$230,000$4,600,0002=$230,000$2,300,000=0.1or10%

 

  

Year

Cash Inflow

PV factor

Present Value

 

 

 

 

1

$ 3,780,000

0.909

$ 3,436,020

2

    510,000

0.826

    421,260

3

    440,000

0.751

    330,440

4

    370,000

0.683

    252,710

5

300,000

0.621

  186,300

6

300,000

0.564

  169,200

7

300,000

0.513

  153,900

8

300,000

0.467

  140,100

9

      300,000

0.424

      127,200

10

      300,000

0.386

      115,800

Total

 

 

$ 5,332,930

 

NPV=Presentvalueofallcashflow-InitialInvestment=$5,332,930-$4,600,000=$732,930


 ProfitabilityIndex=PresentValueofallcashinflowsInitialInvestment=$5,332,930$4,600,000=1.16

 

 

 

2Step 2: Recommended Option

Based on the above analysis, the payback period for refurbishing the current machine is higher than for purchasing a new machine. Furthermore, the NPV is also lower for refurbishing g current machine than for purchasing a new machine.

So the recommended option would be to purchase the new machine.