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August 12, 2008 $ -700
February 21, 2009 $ +200
October 7, 2010 $ +500
April 25, 2011 $ +400
May 18, 2012 $ +300
July 29, 2013 $ +600
November 12, 2014 $ +400
August 12, 2015 $ -1800
1) Net Present Value or NPV, is the present value of money given the discounting rate, in our case 12% p.a.
Year |
Cashflows |
Discounting Factors @12% |
Discounted Cash Flows |
2008 |
-700 |
0.893 |
-625.000 |
2009 |
200 |
0.797 |
159.439 |
2010 |
500 |
0.712 |
355.890 |
2011 |
400 |
0.636 |
254.207 |
2012 |
300 |
0.567 |
170.228 |
2013 |
600 |
0.507 |
303.979 |
2014 |
400 |
0.452 |
180.940 |
2015 |
-1800 |
0.404 |
-726.990 |
NPV = Total of Discounted Cash Flows |
72.693 |
The NPV is 72.693, which is positive, hence the project should be undertaken.
2) The impact of Different Discount Rates on NPV, with data table and graph.
Annual Discounting Rate |
NPV |
4% |
₹ 7.75 |
5% |
₹ 24.49 |
6% |
₹ 38.10 |
7% |
₹ 48.97 |
8% |
₹ 57.44 |
9% |
₹ 63.79 |
10% |
₹ 68.30 |
11% |
₹ 71.20 |
12% |
₹ 72.69 |
13% |
₹ 72.97 |
14% |
₹ 72.19 |
15% |
₹ 70.49 |
16% |
₹ 68.01 |
17% |
₹ 64.86 |
18% |
₹ 61.14 |
It can be seen that NPV increases with the increasing discounting rates and reaches maximum at 13% and then begins to fall.
3) Internal Rate of Return
Internal rate of return is the rate at which the NPV of the investment is Zero.
From above graph we know that at a rate below 4% the NPV will be zero. By using the solver we determine that the IRR for this investment will be approximately, 3.596%