Financial Management: Principles and Applications

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Caledonia is considering two additional mutually exclusive projects. The cash flows associated with these projects are as follows: YEAR PROJECT A PROJECT B 0 –$100,000 –$100,000 1 32,000 0 2 32,000 0 3 32,000 0 4 32,000 0 5 32,000 $200,000 The required rate of return on these projects is 11 percent. a. What is each project’s payback period? b. What is each project’s net present value? c. What is each project’s internal rate of return? d. What has caused the ranking conflict? e. Which project should be accepted? Why? PROJECT A PP =100,000/32,000= 3.125 IRR = 18.03 NPV a = 32,000( 1/ (1 + .11)1) – 100,000 = 18,268.70 PI = 160,000/ 100,000= 1.6 Project A CFo = -100,000 F1 = 5 CF1 = 32,000 = 18,268.70 NET PRESENT VALUE Project A Project B Cash Flow Cash Flow Initial Outlay -100,000 Initial Outlay -100,000 Year 1 32,000 Year 1 0 Year 2 32,000 Year 2 0 Year 3 32,000 Year 3 0 Year 4 32,000 Year 4 0 Year 5 32,000 Year 5 200,000 PV $118,268.70 PV $118,690.27 -100,000.00 -100,000 NPV= 18,268.70 NPV= 18,690.27 INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN year project A year Project B 0 --100000 0 -100000 1 32000 1 0 2 32000 2 0 3 32000 3 0 4 32000 4 0 5 32000 5 200000 18.03% 14.87% The conflict is started by the projects containing two different cash flows in different periods of time. The return cash flows of Project A looks to be consistent over the course of five years after the initial $100,000 investment. They are receiving almost a 1/3 of the original investment back every year and thus can recover more quickly. Project B has an immediate investment of $100,000 with no return until year 5. Although Project B seems to be the better deal, Project A is the best value. Based on the following information that was gathered from payback period, net present value

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