Reference no: EM131054810
Mackmyra Whisky AB needs additional funds for further expansion. The problem with their business of producing and selling whisky is a long cash conversion cycle, which means that cash comes in only 9, 12 or 15 years after production due to the long storage time of the whisky in oak barrels. Mackmyra AB considers to take a loan of 30 million SEK for the expansion at a borrowing rate of 3%. However, Mackmyra's new CFO, a former JIBS student, proposes to sell 30-liter whisky barrels in advance to customers right after production. (Customers would take care themselves regarding the storage of their whisky barrels for some years until the whisky is bottlened and ready for consumption.) However, the price of a freshly distilled whisky barrel (called a zero-year barrel) is lower than those of 9, 12 or 15 years old barrels. The CFO estimates that Mackmyra could sell the zero-year barrel at a price of 18000 kr. Currently, 9-year barrels are sold at a price of 24750 kr, 12-year barrels are sold at a price of 28500 kr and 15-year barrels are sold at a price of 31000 kr. (For the sake of simplicity, we assume that there won't be price changes for the barrels in the coming years.) a.) Calculate the NPV of this proposal. Assumption: From three produced whisky barrels, one is sold as 9-year, one is sold as 12-year, and the third one is sold as a 15-year barrel. (Hint: assume that selling three zero-year barrels implies to loose the income from selling them as 6-, 9-, and 12-year barrel later on.)
The NPV is...... kr. (round to the nearest full krona, don't use a comma as thousand separator. If NPV is negative, enter a minus sign.)
For a price of 18000 kr per zero-year barrel, Mackmyra should follow its CFO's suggestion. (type in "yes" or "no")
b) At which price of the zero-year barrel is Mackmyra indifferent between taking a loan or selling the zero-year barrels? (or to put it differently, at which price of the zero-year barrel do we have a break-even?)
The price is .....kr. (round to the nearest full krona, don't use a comma as thousand separator.)
c) Consider now the perspective of an investor who is interested to buy zero-year barrels at a price of 18000 kr.
What is the IRR of buying three zero-year barrels and keeping them until 9, 12 and 15 years respectively, and to sell them in those years at the prices stated above? (We assume again that prices do not change and that the investor has no storage costs.)
The IRR is .......%. (round to two decimals)
If the investor has an opportunity cost of capital of 3%, should she buy the zero-year barrel at a price of 18000 kr?
Answer: ....(type in "yes" or "no"
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