One year? ago, your company purchased a machine used in manufacturing for $95,000.
You have learned that a new machine is available that offers many? advantages; you can purchase it for $140,000 today. It will be depreciated on a? straight-line basis over ten? years, after which it has no salvage value. You expect that the new machine will contribute EBITDA? (earnings before? interest, taxes,? depreciation, and? amortization) of $40,000 per year for the next ten years. The current machine is expected to produce EBITDA of $21,000 per year. The current machine is being depreciated on a? straight-line basis over a useful life of 11? years, after which it will have no salvage? value, so depreciation expense for the current machine is $8,636 per year. All other expenses of the two machines are identical. The market value today of the current machine is $50,000. Your? company's tax rate is 40%?, and the opportunity cost of capital for this type of equipment is12%.
The NPV of the replacement is $____?
Is it profitable to replace the? year-old machine?