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How would you rank the following investment proposals using profitability index method?
Project Alpha (A): Requires investment of RM80,000, and has present value of future cash inflows of RM96,000;
Project Beta (B): Requires investment of RM75,000 and has present value of future cash inflows of RM120,000;
Project Gamma (G): Requires investment of RM100,000, and has present value of future cash inflows of RM150,000.
Project-Alpha | Project-Beta | Project-Gamma | |
Investment | 80,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 |
PV of future cashinflow | 96,000 | 120,000 | 150,000 |
Profitiability index= PV of future cashinflow/investment | |||
Profitiability index= | =96000/80000 | =120000/75000 | =150000/100000 |
Profitiability index= | 1.20 | 1.60 | 1.50 |
This index represents that every investment of '1' will provide benefit of '1.2', '1.6', '1.50' respectively so ranking will be | |||
Rank 1 | Project-Beta | 1.60 | |
Rank 2 | Project-Gamma | 1.50 | |
Rank 3 | Project-Alpha | 1.20 | |