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Ranking Investment Proposals: Payback Period, Accounting Rate of Return, and Net Present
Value
Presented is information pertaining to the cash flows of three mutually exclusive investment proposals:
............................................................................................Proposal A Propsal B Propsal C
Initial Investment............................................................... 60000 60000 60000
Cash flow from oeprations:
Year 1 50000 30000 60000
Year 2 6000 30000
Year 3 29000 25000
Disinvestment 0 0 0
Life (years) 3 3 1
Required
a. Rank these investment proposals using the payback period, the accounting rate of return on initial
investment, and the net present value criteria. Assume that the organization’s cost of capital is 12
percent. Round calculations to four decimal places.
b. Explain the difference in rankings. Which investment would you recommend?
Proposal A | |||||
Year | Cash flow C | Cumulative cash flow | Discount factor 15% D | Discounted Cash flow D | PV of cash inflow |
0 | -60000 | -60000 | 1 | -60000 | |
1 | 50000 | -10000 | 0.8929 | 44645 | 44645 |
2 | 6000 | -4000 | 0.7972 | 4783.2 | 4783 |
3 | 29000 | 25000 | 0.7118 | 20642.2 | 20642 |
NPV | 10070 | 70070 | |||
Payback Period = A + | A+B/c | ||||
A is the last period with a negative cumulative cash flow | |||||
B is the absolute value of cumulative cash flow at the end of the period A | |||||
C is the total cash flow during the period after A | |||||
Payback = | 2+(4000/29000) | 2.14 | |||
Accounting rate of return | 8333.333/60000*100 | 13.89 | |||
Cash flow from operations -Depreciation to calculate Net Income | |||||
Avg Income | 8333.333 | ||||
(50000-20000+6000-20000+29000-20000)/3 | |||||
Initial Investment | 60000 | ||||
Proposal B | |||||
Year | Cash flow C | Cumulative cash flow | Discount factor 15% D | Discounted Cash flow D | |
0 | -60000 | -60000 | 1 | -60000 | |
1 | 30000 | -30000 | 0.8929 | 26787 | |
2 | 30000 | 0 | 0.7972 | 23916 | |
3 | 25000 | 25000 | 0.7118 | 17795 | |
NPV | 8498 | ||||
Payback Period = A + | A+B/c | ||||
A is the last period with a negative cumulative cash flow | |||||
B is the absolute value of cumulative cash flow at the end of the period A | |||||
C is the total cash flow during the period after A | |||||
Payback = | 2 | ||||
Accounting rate of return | 8333.333/60000*100 | 13.89 | |||
Cash flow from operations -Depreciation to calculate Net Income | |||||
Avg Income | 8333.333 | ||||
(30000-20000+30000-20000+25000-20000)/3 | |||||
Initial Investment | 60000 | ||||
Proposal C | |||||
Year | Cash flow C | Cumulative cash flow | Discount factor 15% D | Discounted Cash flow D | |
0 | -60000 | -60000 | 1 | -60000 | |
1 | 60000 | 0 | 0.8929 | 53574 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7972 | 0 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7118 | 0 | |
NPV | -6426 | ||||
Payback Period = A + | A+B/c | ||||
A is the last period with a negative cumulative cash flow | |||||
B is the absolute value of cumulative cash flow at the end of the period A | |||||
C is the total cash flow during the period after A | |||||
Payback = | 1 | ||||
Accounting rate of return | 0% | ||||
(60000-60000)/60000*100 | |||||
ans 1 | |||||
Proposal A | Proposal B | Proposal C | Proposal | ||
Payback period | 2.14 | 2 | 1 | C | |
ARR | 13.89% | 13.89% | 0 | A and B | |
NPV | 10070 | 8498 | -6426 | A | |
ans 2 | |||||
ARR considers profitability of each proposal while payback considers the time | |||||
required to recover the investment made. | |||||
The best method is NPV as it takes into account the present value of cash flows. | |||||
So according to it Proposal A is best and also ARR is equal for A and B | |||||
So best proposal is A |
Based on the work for P12-28 a and b, provide answers to the following questions.
Input any numeric answers as a number with commas and round to the nearest dollar. For example enter $11,123.81 as 11,124. If the proposal has a negative NPV input the answer as a (11,124).
Net Present Value for Proposal A is?
Net Present Value for Proposal B is:?
Net Present Value for Proposal C is?
Based on the work for P12-28 a and b, provide answers to the following questions.
Input any PI answers as a number with two decimals. For example, a PI of 1.234 should be recorded as 1.23
Profitability Index for Proposal A is:?
Profitability Index for Proposal B is:?
Profitability Index for Proposal C is:?
Based on the work for P12-28 a and b, answer the following question.
Which proposal (A, B or C) would you recommend given the answers above and why?
Proposal C is best because it yields the largest operating cash inflows for year 1. |
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Proposal A is best because the Profitability Index is highest. |
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Proposal B is best because it yields the most consistent annual cash inflows of the 3 proposals. |
profitability Index for the 3 projects are calculated below
Project | Present Value of Cash flow | Initial Investment | Profitability Index | Ranking Of the Project |
A | 70070 | 60000 | 1.17 | 1 |
B | 68498 | 60000 | 1.14 | 2 |
C | 53574 | 60000 | 0.89 | 3 |
Profitability index is calculated by dividing presnet value of cashflows by Initial Investment, Here present value of Cashflows are already calulated, we are just copying it.
Recomendation of the project.
A project should be recommended for the investors only on the base of what mentality they are,
if the investors are risk avears it is better to choose project which gives the initial investment in early years which means shprt paybck period projects. which is Project C
If the investors are More looking for a constant cashflow each year it is better to choose Project B, Which will help them to budgeting and forcasting.
If investors are risk Takers Project A would be the better to choose, Which gives more Profitabilty than others.