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An APV example

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  • May 9, 2016 at 11:16 am #314248
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    A company is considering a project that wd cost $100,000 to be financed 50% by equity and 50% by debt. the financing method wd maintain the company’s WACC unchanged. Cashinflows will be 36000 pa in perpetuity, before interest charges. tax rate 30%. cost of equity 21.6, cost of debt 12% (before tax).

    ok…. so the worked example does the calculations and i understand them. the NPVs using both the WACC and the APV give the same NPV.

    next, he gives a twist and says now consider that the cashflows are only for 5 years and the tax is payable in arrears. in this new example he simply computes the tax shield, which i also understand.

    on my own i am trying to calculate the NPVs using WACC and APV for the 5 year cash flow and i shd get the same answer right?

    below is my working:

    WACC = .5 x 21.6 + .5 x 12 X .3=15%
    the cost of ordinary equity Ke=Ke1 + (1+T)(Ke1-ke)Vd/Ve).. and this gives the value for Ke1=17.64%

    NPV using WACC of 15%:

    cf————-0————-1————2———3——–4———–5—————6–
    ——-(1000000)—–36000—36000—36000–36000–36000——–
    Tax——————————-(10800)–(10800)–(10800)–(10800)—–(10800)
    Net–(100000)——36000–25200—25200—-25200—-25200—–(10800)
    !5%—-1—————.87—–.756——-.658——-.572——-.497——-.432
    PV—(100000)—–31320–19051—16582—-14414——12524—-(4666)

    this give an NPV=100000-89225=(10775)

    APV using 17.64%
    APV: for the value of ungeared, Vu, i used the 17.64% and used the exact formula (1+r)^n

    cf————-0————-1————2———3——–4———–5—————6–
    Net–(100000)——36000–25200—25200—-25200—-25200—–(10800)
    Df——–1—————.85—–.723——-.614——-.522——-.444——-.377

    and i Get Vu=100000-84564=(15436)
    to this i add the PV of tax benefits which is 9731
    thus final NPV for the APVmethod is 5705

    the 2 npvs are not equal.

    where am i going wrong

    thank u

    May 9, 2016 at 12:31 pm #314264
    John Moffat
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    The two NPV’s will not be equal – they are only equal if it is in perpetuity.

    May 9, 2016 at 3:14 pm #314282
    mansoor
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    oh….is that a general rule?

    that only perpetuities will give the same result?

    thanks in advance

    May 9, 2016 at 4:00 pm #314291
    John Moffat
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    Yes 🙂

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