Exam 11: The Basics of Capital Budgeting

Nast Inc.is considering Projects S and L,whose cash flows are shown below.These projects are mutually exclusive,equally risky,and not repeatable.If the decision is made by choosing the project with the higher MIRR rather than the one with the higher NPV,how much value will be forgone? Note that under some conditions choosing projects on the basis of the MIRR will cause $0.00 value to be lost.

A basic rule in capital budgeting is that if a project's NPV exceeds its IRR,then the project should be accepted.

Assume a project has normal cash flows.All else equal,which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A firm should never accept a project if its acceptance would lead to an increase in the firm's cost of capital (its WACC).

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Assume that the project being considered has normal cash flows,with one cash outflow at t = 0 followed by a series of positive cash flows.

Other things held constant,an increase in the cost of capital will result in a decrease in a project's IRR.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Maxwell Feed & Seed is considering a project that has the following cash flow data.What is the project's IRR? Note that a project's projected IRR can be less than the WACC (and even negative),in which case it will be rejected.

Conflicts between two mutually exclusive projects occasionally occur,where the NPV method ranks one project higher but the IRR method puts the other one first.In theory,such conflicts should be resolved in favor of the project with the higher NPV.

You are considering two mutually exclusive,equally risky,projects.Both have IRRs that exceed the WACC.Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Assume that the projects have normal cash flows,with one outflow followed by a series of inflows.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Assume that the project being considered has normal cash flows,with one outflow followed by a series of inflows.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Ingram Electric Products is considering a project that has the following cash flow and WACC data.What is the project's MIRR? Note that a project's projected MIRR can be less than the WACC (and even negative),in which case it will be rejected.

Taggart Inc.is considering a project that has the following cash flow data.What is the project's payback?

You are on the staff of Camden Inc.The CFO believes project acceptance should be based on the NPV,but Steve Camden,the president,insists that no project should be accepted unless its IRR exceeds the project's risk-adjusted WACC.Now you must make a recommendation on a project that has a cost of $15,000 and two cash flows: $110,000 at the end of Year 1 and −$100,000 at the end of Year 2.The president and the CFO both agree that the appropriate WACC for this project is 10%.At 10%,the NPV is $2,355.37,but you find two IRRs,one at 6.33% and one at 527%,and a MIRR of 11.32%.Which of the following statements best describes your optimal recommendation,i.e.,the analysis and recommendation that is best for the company and least likely to get you in trouble with either the CFO or the president?

Yonan Inc.is considering Projects S and L,whose cash flows are shown below.These projects are mutually exclusive,equally risky,and not repeatable.If the decision is made by choosing the project with the shorter payback,some value may be forgone.How much value will be lost in this instance? Note that under some conditions choosing projects on the basis of the shorter payback will not cause value to be lost.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

The IRR of normal Project X is greater than the IRR of normal Project Y,and both IRRs are greater than zero.Also,the NPV of X is greater than the NPV of Y at the cost of capital.If the two projects are mutually exclusive,Project X should definitely be selected,and the investment made,provided we have confidence in the data.Put another way,it is impossible to draw NPV profiles that would suggest not accepting Project X.

Assume that the economy is in a mild recession,and as a result interest rates and money costs generally are relatively low.The WACC for two mutually exclusive projects that are being considered is 8%.Project S has an IRR of 20% while Project L's IRR is 15%.The projects have the same NPV at the 8% current WACC.However,you believe that the economy is about to recover,and money costs and thus your WACC will also increase.You also think that the projects will not be funded until the WACC has increased,and their cash flows will not be affected by the change in economic conditions.Under these conditions,which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Assuming that their NPVs based on the firm's cost of capital are equal,the NPV of a project whose cash flows accrue relatively rapidly will be more sensitive to changes in the discount rate than the NPV of a project whose cash flows come in later in its life.