Final answer:
To calculate the Free Cash Flow to the Firm (FCFF) for 2023 and 2024, one must consider the provided sales figures, calculate the resulting EBIT from the expected growth rates, adjust for the corporate tax rate, and potentially adjust for non-cash expenses, capital expenditures, and changes in working capital.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question involves calculating the Free Cash Flow to the Firm (FCFF) for a company with given sales figures for the year 2022 and expected growth rates for the years 2023 and 2024. The EBIT margin is provided as 12% of sales for both years, and the corporate tax rate is 19%. To calculate the FCFF for 2023 and 2024, you have to follow these steps:
- First, calculate the expected sales for 2023 by considering the growth rate of -396 (which seems to be a typo and likely should be -3.96%). Sales for 2023 would then be $887,000 × (1 - 0.0396) = $852,015.20.
- Next, calculate the expected EBIT by applying the EBIT margin to the sales figure: $852,015.20 × 12% = $102,241.82.
- Then, calculate the after-tax EBIT by subtracting the taxes: $102,241.82 × (1 - 0.19) = $82,815.88.
- Finally, the free cash flow to the firm is typically the after-tax EBIT plus any non-cash expenses (such as depreciation) minus any capital expenditures and changes in net working capital. Since the non-cash expenses and capital expenditures are not provided, we will assume the FCFF equals the after-tax EBIT for simplicity.
- Repeat the process for 2024 using a 4% growth rate to calculate the sales, EBIT, and after-tax EBIT for that year.
Remember that, in a complete financial analysis, additional adjustments would typically be made for non-cash expenses, capital expenditures, changes in working capital, and potentially other factors.