SWOT ANALYSIS & NPV

Penelope Manzo
Colorado Technical University
ECON616 - Applied Managerial Economics
Phase 4 IP - SWOT Analysis & NPV
Janet Hunter

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Introduction
We have come towards the end of this decision for the expansion, however after meeting
with Lester it has been decided that we will have to calculate the operating cash flows, net
income, free cash flows, and the present value cash flow. There should also be an explanation to
the implications for AutoEdge and their shareholders whether there is a negative or positive NPV
or a conversely NPV. (Colorado Technical University Online, 2015)

$30.00
$20.00
Change in fixed assets
$10.00

Initial Capital Expenditure

Net Income

Depreciation (provided)

$0.00
1

($10.00)
Operating Cash Flows (FV)

Increase in fixed assets (provided)

Free Cash Flow

($20.00)
($30.00)

(Graph retrieved from Excel Spreadsheet)

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SWOT Analysis & NPV

The Net Present Value (NPV) is the current value of the cash inflows that is generated by
the company. This calculation does not include the initial investment of the project. It is
considered to be the most reliable way to be used for the budgeting. It gives the final amount of
what comes into the business minus all the expenses of bills, supplies, salary, etc. The rule of the
NPV would be that if the value was under zero, then it would not be considered. The formula to

the NPV is:

. The Ct represents the net cash inflow period, the Co

represents the initial investment, the R is the discount Rate and the T is the period of time. The
biggest advantage to the NPV is that it calculates the time value of money and it is more reliable.
The disadvantage is that the calculation is the estimated cash flow and it could be inaccurate
from the actual result. (Jan, n.d.)
With the spreadsheet that Lester provided to calculate AutoEdges operational cash flows,
net earnings, present cash flows, NPV and free cash flows. As we can see from the image of the
spreadsheet below, (retrieved from Unit 4IP Spreadsheet) we can see that the NPV is at
US$55.29 million. This means that the cash flow for AutoEdge is being produced with a present
net worth that is higher than the initial investment expense of US$18 million. Since this is a good
amount of increase to the net cash flow for AutoEdge, it would be advisable to take advantage of
the opportunities at hand.

Time Period (Year 0, Year 1, etc)

Cost of Capital

6%

6%

7%

8%

8%

7%

$30.10

$34.20

$38.10

$40.40

$45.60

$50.00

(US$ in millions)
Revenue

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($16.10)

($17.20)

($18.90
)

($19.50)

($21.40)

($24.30)

Depreciation

($4.10)

($4.40)

($4.80)

($4.90)

($5.30)

($5.70)

Interest Expense

($0.45)

($0.56)

($0.69)

($0.73)

($0.78)

($0.81)

Taxes

($1.10)

($1.30)

($1.70)

($1.90)

($2.00)

($2.10)

Food

$8.35

$10.74

$12.01

$13.37

$16.12

$17.09

Add: Depreciation

$4.10

$4.40

$4.80

$4.90

$5.30

$5.70

Cash Flows after tax

$12.45

$15.14

$16.81

$18.27

$21.42

$22.79

Change in fixed assets

($1.30)

($2.40)

($0.90)

$0.00

($4.90)

($2.10)

Net Income

$8.35

$10.74

$12.01

$13.37

$16.12

$17.09

Depreciation (provided)

$4.10

$4.40

$4.80

$4.90

$5.30

$5.70

Operating Cash Flows (FV)

$12.45

$15.14

$16.81

$18.27

$21.42

$22.79

Increase in fixed assets (provided)

($1.30)

($2.40)

($0.90)

$0.00

($4.90)

($2.10)

Free Cash Flow

$11.15

$12.74

$15.91

$18.27

$16.52

$20.69

0.943

0.89

0.816

0.735

0.681

0.666

$10.51

$11.34

$12.98

$13.43

$11.25

$13.78

$10.51

$11.34

$12.98

$13.43

$11.25

$13.78

Selling, General, Admin

Initial Capital Expenditure

($18.00)

Pvif factor
PV Cash flows
Value of future flows
Initial expenditure
NPV

($18.00)
$55.29

In Conclusion, even though the part for manufacturing would be at a lower price from
South Korea, we have to consider that they did not meet the quality standards for AutoEdge.
Since we were not able to provide this to the consumers, it has caused the reputation for
AutoEdge to go down leaving us with a few impediments. It would be recommended that
AutoEdge relocate their manufacturing operations into the United States and take full control.
This will help AutoEdge to see how the labor cost, human resources and investment capital will
end up being an advantage with lower costing.

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Colorado Technical University Online. (2014). ECON616 Phase 4 [Task List]. retrieved August
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