Abstract
This paper is an analysis of Road King Trucks’ new project which is introducing a new product into its product line. I will decide whether run the project or not. Six issues will be discussed as follows 1) importance of energy cost; 2) project’s cash flows; 3) cost of capital; 4) choose an engine 5) evaluation 6) accept or reject.
We should accept the project because of the positive NPV and high IRR. We will gain $532 million in wealth which is a big money on the scale like this. The company has a bond rating of AA that makes the risk relatively low. So we should definitely say yes.
Issues
Importance of Energy Cost
Road King Trucks, Inc. is a truck manufacturing company. The new CEO Michael Livingston arranged a meeting
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The land was accounted for opportunity cost. If we don’t run the project, we can sell it and earn $6 million right now.
Cost of Capital (see table 2) I used WACC as the discount factor, we expect the rate of return to be higher than it, the same at least. The WACC reflects the average risk and overall capital structure of the entire firm [2]. It’s the required return and it presents how much the company pays for the capital it finances. In this case, the cost of equity is 10.33%, the cost of debt is 6.50%. I calculated WACC using those numbers and got a result of 8.49%.
Choose an Engine (see table 3)
There are two options for engines will be installed on buses. And so are the warranties. The decision should be made according to engines’ quality, effectiveness, etc. But to investors, cost is the main factor. In this case, Detroit engine has an installation cost of $20,000 and a warranty of $1,000 each year for 5 years; the cost of installation of Marcus engine is $2,000 less but the warranty is $1,500 per year. To figure out the cost I calculated the NPVs of each year for 20 years. The NPVs of the warranties for each bus are same at the year it been produced. For example, the warranty of a Detroit engine has a NPV of $4,276 in the year it been produced. (This method is coming from Mr. Hasse. I used to combine the warranty for each year and use those numbers in calculation.)
The NPV of installation cost and warranty of Detroit engine is $252,154,
Tucker should invest in this project based on Gates’ projections with NPV above 450K and 84% IRR. If we assume a growth rate of 2% beyond year 2011 and COGS 30% of the revenue, we still get NPV of $383,920.4. Based on these calculations, we would recommend Tucker Hansson to invest in the project.
The paper provides a summary of Tesla Motors, the company outlined. Explaining the relationship between cost-volume-profit analysis is discussed as well as how the company is using this tool to maximize production and profit.
As Commissioner Johnson's Chief of staff please forward this to her. As a resident of Dekalb County I am troubled and infuriated by a code which passed about 2 years ago in Dekalb County. Box Trucks are allowed in our residential neighborhoods. Please ask our Commisioner to fight for residents who want to keep neighborhoods clean. Is their any Commissioner on the board who would like Box trucks unloading products and selling products such as furniture to outsiders who stream in buying items. No, I don;t believe any self respecting commissioner or citizen would ever desire seeing a box truck sitting in their neighbor driveway or on the street, not to mention one which is using the truck and their home as a commercial.
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The company should accept this project. The project payback period is between 2 to 3 years.
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The main purpose of this paper is to have a brief analysis and evaluation on the project provided by Road King Trucks Company. Six main problems offered are the main topics in this paper. After evaluation, a recommendation will put out to choose the right engine and on the project.
There are two common ways to determine whether Riverlia accept this project. First is by calculating net present value. Net Present Value comes with dollar sign. If the project has positive value, then the company can continue the project(Berk et al.2014, p.272). Otherwise, it should be rejected if the Net Present Value is negative. The project is refused because it would make a loss for a company to make investment on negative net present value. Second is by calculating IRR (Internal
There were several factors that affected demand in the trucking industry during the years 2007 and 2007. One of the main factors was the freight recession, and more generally the economy-wide recession, which forced companies to relocate or close parts of their business. Many companies declared bankruptcy during this time, which removed their freight from the industry entirely. In addition, the sheer number of trucking companies affected demand. According to the case study, one shipper could receive upwards of 50 calls from various trucking companies asking for their business, and often times the winner of the business would have to call multiple times just to be able to negotiate prices.
Environmental concerns and high gas prices hurt the truck market by sales volume. Automakers have responded to concerns by expanding and offering more hybrid and cross-over utility vehicles. Over the next few years, automakers will focus on making more fuel efficient models,
The project should be accepted since the net present value being positive. This means that the project will bring in some kind of value and money to the company, and also that it can have a progressive cash inflow throughout the time of the project. The company must not take on this project except it has an opportunity cost that displays that the company would take on an additional project that has a better NPV and value to the company.
Using the calculated WACC and the company’s hurdle rate for this project, under Bob Prescott’s cost savings and additional revenues assumption, the project’s IRR is now greater than the hurdle rate. Furthermore, the net present value (NPV), payback period and the additional value added to the earnings per share (EPS) are shown in Table 4 below. Using just these figures, the project should be accepted.
Regarding to the figure 1, the figure depicts the relationship between cost of equity, cost of debt times(1-t) and the cost of WACC with the value of company. The is the rate of return on levered equity, is the interest rate that been charge for debt, the weight average cost of capital decrease, this is because the occurrence of the corporate tax, reduce the tax payment which decrease the interest rates of the borrowing. The value of company (D+E) is increase due to increase in cost of equity which the (Mitra,2011). The traditional formula of Weight average cost of capital (WACC) by the Modigliani and Miller is simple to use and it is close to the reality. The projects or investment that been evaluated need to have same risk and same capital structure in terms of using the weight average cost of capital formula. Furthermore, the simplicity of the traditional formula is because the using of only one single discount rate. However, different projects with different risk of the debt capacity require different discount rate for project evaluation. The alternative of Modigliani and Miller formula for the difference in project debt level is
WACC =( Proportion Cost of Proportion Cost of * )+( * * (1-Tax) ) of Equity Equity of Debt Debt 75% 9% * 12% )+( 25% * 10% * (1-0.30) )