For 2019, Gourmet Kitchen Products reported $22.5 million of sales and $17 million of operating costs (including depreciation). The company has $15 million of total invested capital. Its after-tax cost of capital is 10% and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 25%. What was the firm's economic value added (EVA), that is, how much value did management add to stockholders' wealth during 2019? Write out your answer completely. For example, 25 million should be entered as 25,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar, if necessary.

Answer: $2,625,000

Explanation:

From the question, we are told that

Gourmet Kitchen Products reported $22.5 million of sales and $17 million of operating costs which included depreciation and that the company has $15 million of total invested capital. We were also given the after-tax cost of capital as 10% and the federal-plus-state income tax rate as 25%.

The economic value added will be the difference between the net operating profit after taxes and the invested capital which will then be multiplied by the cost of capital. This can be written as:

= ($22,500,000 - $17,000,000) * (1 - 25%) - ($15,000,000 * 10%]

= ($5,500,000 * 0.75) - ($1,500,000)

= $4,125,000 - $1,500,000

= $2,625,000

The firm's firm's economic value added (EVA) will be $2,625,000