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Global company is considering expanding its inter national presence. The company believes that it has great...

Global company is considering expanding its inter national presence. The company believes that it has
great potential for international sales. Recently, 20% of the Global Companys sales were in foreign
markets. The goal is to expand the foreign sales to 30%. In order to accomplish this goal, the company
needs to invest heavily.
After considering tax, marketing, labour and political issues the company has decided to invest in 1India
and Dubai. The following estimates have been provided:
India
Dubai
Initial investment
$2,500,000
20 years
$500,000
$200,000
$550,000
$222,250
$500,000
$1,400,000
20 years
$380,000
$180,000
$430,000
$206,350
$o.00
Estimated useful life
Annual revenues (accrual)
Annual expenses (accrural)
Annual cash inflows
Annual cash outflows
Estimated salvage value
Discount rate
9%
9%
Required:
Evaluate both these mutually exclusive proposals using:
1) The cash payback period
2) The net present value (NPV)
Using the same information as in question 5, answer the following questions:
Required:
Evaluate both these mutually exclusive proposals using:
1) Profitability index
2) Internal rate of return (IRR)

Solutions

Expert Solution

Ans 1 Cash payback period for INDIA
Payback period = 2500000/(550000-222250)
             7.63 year
Cash payback period for DUBAI
Payback period = 1400000/(430000-206350)
             6.26 year
Since Dubai has lower payback period therefore as per payback period Dubai should be accepted
Ans 2 Computation of NPV
i ii iii iv v=ii*iv vi=iii*iv
Cash flow Present value
Year India Dubai PVIF @ 9% India Dubai
0 -2500000 -1400000 1 (2,500,000.00) (1,400,000.00)
1 327750 223650 0.917431193       300,688.07       205,183.49
2 327750 223650 0.841679993       275,860.62       188,241.73
3 327750 223650 0.77218348       253,083.14       172,698.84
4 327750 223650 0.708425211       232,186.36       158,439.30
5 327750 223650 0.649931386       213,015.01       145,357.15
6 327750 223650 0.596267327       195,426.62       133,355.19
7 327750 223650 0.547034245       179,290.47       122,344.21
8 327750 223650 0.50186628       164,486.67       112,242.39
9 327750 223650 0.46042778       150,905.20       102,974.67
10 327750 223650 0.422410807       138,445.14         94,472.18
11 327750 223650 0.38753285       127,013.89         86,671.72
12 327750 223650 0.355534725       116,526.51         79,515.34
13 327750 223650 0.326178647       106,905.05         72,949.85
14 327750 223650 0.299246465         98,078.03         66,926.47
15 327750 223650 0.274538041         89,979.84         61,400.43
16 327750 223650 0.251869763         82,550.31         56,330.67
17 327750 223650 0.231073177         75,734.23         51,679.52
18 327750 223650 0.21199374         69,480.95         47,412.40
19 327750 223650 0.19448967         63,743.99         43,497.61
20 827750 223650 0.17843089       147,696.17         39,906.07
NPV       581,096.29       641,599.24
NPV india =             581,096.29
NPV dubai=             641,599.24
Since dubai has higher NPV therefore same should be accepted
Ans 3 Profitability index India = (581096.29+2500000)/2500000                  1.23
Profitability index Dubai = (641599.24+1500000)/1400000                  1.46
Based on PI = Dubai should be selected
Ans 4 IRR using excel function
IRR India 12.00%
IRR dubai 15.00%

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