Under what circumstances will the IRR and NPV rules lead to the same accept-reject decisions? When might they conflict? Using the IRR and NPV rules will always yield the same decision as long as two conditions are met: the project or investment’s cash flows are conventional and the project or investment is independent. If the initial cash flow is negative and all the subsequent cash flows are positive‚ the cash flows are said to be conventional. If at any point any of the 2nd or later cash flows
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cost of a project is $100‚000. Sales are for five years‚ starting next year. The company earns $0.50 per sale‚ and expects to sell 60‚000 units per year. If the interest rate is 5%‚ the NPV is -100‚000 +129‚884 = 29‚884. At what level of sales does the project break even in terms of NPV? Set PV = -100‚000 (so that NPV = 0) and find the amount of sales per year. The answer is sales in dollars = 23‚097 so that sales in units = 46‚194. Break-even analysis is a good starting point‚ but it ignores some
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new factory. 2. Sales of $3 million a year that will result in an increase of $150‚000 in gross margin giving the company a 5% gross margin. 3. Value of salvage at the end of the life of the project of $14 million. NPV Computation The following table displays the NPV computation with a 10% weighted average cost of capital for this project. Year | Cash Flow | PV Factor | Present Value | 0 | (10‚000‚000) | 1.0000 | (10‚000‚000) | 1 | 150‚000 | 0.9091 | 136
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A brief evaluation of Hanson Private Label (HPL) will reveal signs of an excellent‚ growing‚ and well run company. There are no danger signs within the financials of HPL. The following have seen growth with every passing year: revenue‚ current assets‚ owner’s equity‚ net working capital‚ and sales (even groceries). The following categories have grown every year with the exception of 2005‚ where a higher than usual COGS caused a dip in gross margin – 15% versus a historically high teen’s percentage:
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PART TWO: THE INVESTMENT DECISION 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Capital Budgeting Under Conditions of Certainty The Role of Capital Budgeting Liquidity‚ Profitability and Present Value The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) The Inadequacies of IRR and the Case for NPV Summary and Conclusions 8 8 8 10 11 13 15 18 21 24 25 27 27 28 28 34 36 37 what‘s missing in this equation? Please click the advert You could be one of our future talents maeRsK inteRnationaL teChnoLogY & sCienCe PRogRamme Are you about to
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Business Finance Q: Please compare the advantages and disadvantages of the following investment rules: Net Present Value (NPV)‚ Payback Period‚ Discounted Payback Period‚ Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Profitability Index (PI). (You can start by considering the following questions for each investment rule: Does it use cash flows or accounting earnings? Does it consider all cash flows or not? Does it apply a proper discount rate? Whether the acceptance criteria are clear and reasonable? In what
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Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri Star Problem Sets February 25‚ 2013 1a. The results of NPV‚ payback and IRR calculations are the following. For payback method‚ Rainbow Product will pay back the original investment costs after 7 years. Net Present Value is -$946 and IRR is 11.49%. Rainbow Products should not purchase the machine according to the results of NPV and IRR calculation. The net present value of purchasing this new equipment is negative‚ and the internal rate of return is less than
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arise in investment decisions. B case: either/or decision 1. The relevance of cash flows from assets that may be separable from the core project. 2. The classic crossover problem‚ in which project rankings disagree on the basis of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). 3. The assessment of real option value latent in managerial flexibility to change operating technologies. 4. The identification of some classic games or types of human behavior that can be counterproductive in the
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Fin 3010 Dr. Michello Summer 2007 Practice Problems Expected dividend yield Answer: a EASY i. If D1 = $2.00‚ g (which is constant) = 6%‚ and P0 = $40‚ what is the stock’s expected dividend yield for the coming year? a. 5.0% b. 6.0% c. 7.0% d. 8.0% e. 9.0% Expected return‚ dividend yield‚ and capital gains yield Answer: e EASY ii. If D1 = $2.00‚ g (which is constant) = 6%‚ and P0 = $40‚ what is the stock’s expected capital gains yield for the coming year? a. 5.2% b. 5.4%
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Definitions 1. Conventional vs. Nonconventional Cash Flows 2. Independent‚ Mutually Exclusive‚ Contingent‚ Competitive and Complementary Projects B. Decision Rules for Project Evaluation/Comparison 1. Net Present Value (NPV) 3. Payback Period C. Estimation
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