Question

Dwight Donovan, the president of Benson Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $109,000 and for Project B are $41,000. The annual expected cash inflows are $28,023 for Project A and $11,374 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide cash flow benefits for the next five years. Benson Enterprises’ desired rate of return is 4 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Required

1. Compute the net present value of each project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach?

2. Compute the approximate internal rate of return of each project. Which one should be adopted based on the internal rate of return approach?

3. round to two decimal places

	Net Present Value Project A $ Project B Which project should be adopted?

	Internal Rate of Return Project A % Project B % Which project should be adopted?

Answer 1

a.

Computation of NPV
			Project A	Project B
Particulars	Period	PV Factor (8%)	Amount	Present Value	Amount	Present Value
Cash outflows:
Initial investment	0	1	$1,09,000	$1,09,000.00	$41,000	$41,000.00
Present Value of Cash outflows (A)				$1,09,000.00		$41,000.00
Cash Inflows
Annual cash inflows	1-5	4.45182	$28,023	$1,24,753.35	$11,374	$50,635.00
Present Value of Cash Inflows (B)				$1,24,753.35		$50,635.00
Net Present Value (NPV) (B-A)				$15,753.35		$9,635.00

Based on NPV, project A should be selected.

b.

Computation of IRR
Period	Project A	Project B
Cash Flows	IRR	Cash Flows	IRR
0	-$1,09,000.00	9.00%	-$41,000.00	12.00%
1	$28,023.00	$11,374.00
2	$28,023.00	$11,374.00
3	$28,023.00	$11,374.00
4	$28,023.00	$11,374.00
5	$28,023.00	$11,374.00

Based on IRR project B should be selected.