In: Finance
Apple Inc. is evaluating Project Vanguard with the following cash flows:
Year |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Cash Flow ($m) |
-80 |
10 |
20 |
35 |
40 |
(i) Use the payback rule to determine whether the company should accept the project or not if its payback period cutoff is 4 years.
(ii) Use the IRR rule to determine whether the company should accept the project or not if its cost of capital is 10%.
(iii) Use the NPV rule to determine whether the company should accept the project or not if its cost of capital is 10%.
i. payback period = 3.28 years, as it is less than 4 years, we should accept the project as per this rule.
ii. IRR= 9.64%, as it is less than cost of caapital of 10% we should not accept the project.
iii. NPV= -0.76, as NPV is negative the should not accept the project.