Caledonia Products Integrative Problem
FIN/370 Finance for Business
January 13, 2013 Caledonia Products Integrative Problem The following observation will describe the decisions made by a financial analyst who is working for the capital budget department at Caledonia Products. The organization has asked Team B to evaluate the potential risk involved in an upcoming transaction and identify several options in how to proceed. Because this is the team’s first assignments dealing with risk analyzes the team has been ask to further explain the details. The organization analysis will focus on free cash flows, projection of cash flows, projects initial outlay, cash flow diagram, net present value, internal rate of return, and if the
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Year-1:$2,100,000
Year-2:$3,600,000
Year-3:$4,200,000
Year-4:$2,400,000
Year-5:$1,560,000
Initial outlay
This project’s initial outlay includes the necessary capital needed to purchase fixed assets and ensure they are in operating order to start the project.
Cost of new plant and equipment: 7,900,000
Shipping and installation cost: 100,000
Initial working capital required to start the production: 100,000 8,100,000
The initial outlay for this project is $8,100,000
Cash flow diagram
$3,956,000 $8,416,000 $10,900,000 $8,548,000 $5,980,400
($8,100,000)
Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return
Unit Price x units sold
1:$21,000
2:$36,000
3:$42,000
4:$24,000
5:$15,600
Therefore, NPV = $94,575.83
NPV Values for Years
1: $18,260.90
2: $27,221.17
3: $27,615.68
4: $13,722.40
5: $7,755.98
The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) = 12.61%
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Identify the potential risks which affect the company and manage these risks within its risk appetite;