Capital budgeting techniques using present value techniques are useful in helping management Multiple Choice determine an investments payback period. identify investment alternatives that will contribute most to future profitability. decide which costs are most relevant in decision making determine an accounting rate of return.
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1. Net present value (NPV) Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net present value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteria that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Celestial Crane Cosmetics is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Beta) that will require an initial investment of $3,225,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Cash Flow Year 1 $300,000 Year 2 $450,000 Year 3 $500,000 Year 4 $500,000 Celestial Crane Cosmetics’s weighted average cost of capital is 10%, and project Beta has the same risk as the firm’s average project. Based on the cash flows, what is project Beta’s NPV? a) -$5,088,208 b) -$1,863,208 c) -$2,235,850 d) -$1,413,208 Making the accept or reject decision Celestial Crane Cosmetics’s decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NPV method, it should ______ project Beta. a) accept b) reject Suppose your boss has asked you to analyze two mutually exclusive projects—project A and project B. Both projects require the same investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash inflows of project B. A coworker told you that you don’t need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project B. Do you agree with your coworker’s statement? a) Yes, project A will always have the largest NPV, because its cash inflows are greater than project B’s cash inflows. b) No, the NPV calculation will take into account not only the projects’ cash inflows but also the timing of cash inflows and outflows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has larger cash inflows. c) No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project’s cash flows does not affect a project’s NPV.
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