Cash Flow Estimation
Cash Flow Estimation
Free Cash Flow = Net Operating Income after Tax + Non-cash expenses –Increase in Capital
Expenditure – Increase in Net Working Capital
Capital expenditure is the investment in the operating assets (long lived assets).
Net Working capital is the difference of current assets and current liabilities i.e CA – CL
If the asset having a book value of Rs. 20,000 is sold at Rs. 25,000.
Depreciation is an expense taken in income statement, but it is added back for the computation
of cash flow.
Methods of Depreciation:
Straight Line Method Depreciation per year = (Cost – Salvage value)/ Estimated Life
Accelerated Method
Depreciation rates are already calculated with an assumption that 100% of the cost is recovered
that means no salvage value
R REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS
Four years back , an equipment was purchased at $ 3600 with 8 years life and $ 400 salvage
value at the end of the period. With that equipment, the company is producing and selling
goods for $ 2500 per year. The operating cost of goods sold is $ 1,200 except depreciation. The
depreciation is calculated on a straight line method. The old machine may be sold at $ 600 at
the end of 8th year
Today Company is thinking to replace this old machine with a new one having a cost of $ 4,000 with four
years of life. This new machine will not increase the production, so the production and sales remains
$ 2500 per year but will reduce the operating cost to $ 280 each year. The machine is subject to 3 years
MACRS (Deprecation) method. 33%,45%,15%,7%. The company is in a tax Bracket of 40%
If the new machine is acquired then old machine may be sold today at $2,000 (Book Value).
The cost of capital is 10%
Investment (2,000)
Change in Revenue - - - -
NPV 929.68
Equipment will become scrap and will have no value at the end of 4th year
Year 0 1 2 3 4
Investment
Equipment (100,000)
NPV (10,525)