Part I: The formula for net present value is as follows: INCLUDEPICTURE "http://i.investopedia.com/inv/dictionary/terms/NPV.gif" * MERGEFORMATINET Â Source: Investopedia (2012) The net present value of this project if T-Mobile's discount rate is 4% is therefore as follows: Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 CF -3219000 350000 939000 1122000 500000 400000 PV -3219000 336538.5 868158.3 997453.9 427402.1 328770.8 NPV -260676 d 4% Based on this calculation, the project should not be accepted. In general, a project should not be accepted if the net present value is below zero. The net present value of this project is -$260,676, so it should not be accepted. The idea of net present value is that a dollar in the future is not worth the same as a dollar today. This idea is called the time value of money. Inflation, for example, diminishes the value of money over time, so future money is worth less than present-day money. The discount rate is not the rate of inflation, however, but the firm's cost of capital. This roughly means the cost that the firm must pay to its equity and debt holders in exchange for the right to use that capital. Any project that the firm undertakes must be more valuable than the cost of the capital used to undertake the project. Thus, the discount rate is set at the firm's cost of capital. For T-Mobile in this case, that rate is 4%. The reason the company only should invest in projects that offer a
Free cash flows of the project for next five years can be calculated by adding depreciation values and subtracting changes in working capital from net income. In 2010, there will be a cash outflow of $2.2 million as capital expenditure. In 2011, there will be an additional one time cash outflow of $300,000 as an advertising expense. Using net free cash flow values for next five years and discount rate for discounting, NPV for the project comes out to be $2907, 100. The rate of return at which net present value becomes zero i.e.
If the IRR exceeds the required rate of return (10%), the project should be accepted. Otherwise, it should be rejected.
We should accept the project because of the positive NPV and high IRR. We will gain $532 million in wealth which is a big money on the scale like this. The company has a bond rating of AA that makes the risk relatively low. So we should definitely say yes.
32) Compute the NPV for the following project. The initial cost is $5,000. The net cash flows are $1,900 for four years. The net salvage value is $1,000 when the project terminates. The cost of capital is 10%.
Any type of project should be accepted if the NPV is positive and rejected if it is negative.
Net present value (NPV) is the present value (PV) of an investment’s future cash flows minus the initial investment (“Net Present Value,” 2011). The high-tech alternative has a PV of $13,940,554.49 with an initial investment of $7,000,000, so the NPV = $6,940,554.49. This positive NPV indicates to
We should accept the project because of the positive NPV and high IRR. We will gain $532 million in wealth which is a big money on the scale like this. The company has a bond rating of AA that makes the risk relatively low. So we should definitely say yes.
Yes. This project should be accepted because the NPV ≥ 0. and the IRR ≥ required rate of return.
See Table 1: Expected non-operating cash flow when the project is terminated at year 4 = 165,880$
The ARR for the project is 12.8% this is less than required 15%. Therefore the project should be rejected.
In the case of Worldwide Paper Company we performed calculations to decide whether they should accept a new project or not. We calculated their net income and their cash flows for this project (See Table 1.6 and 1.5). We computed WPC’s weighted average cost of capital as 9.87%. We then used the cash flows to calculate the company’s NPV. We first calculated the NPV by using the 15% discount rate; by using that number we calculated a negative NPV of $2,162,760. We determined that the discount rate of 15% was out dated and insufficient. To calculate a more accurate NPV for the project, we decided to use the rate of 9.87% that we computed. Using this number we got the NPV of $577,069. With the NPV of $577,069 our conclusion is to accept this
4. Based on the information provided in the case, our group calculated the NPV for the project under both tax environment and tax-free condition, respectively, by using the excel spreadsheet and the NPV function. (For a detailed calculation of NPV, please refer to Appendix Under 15-yr.) According to our calculation, we have the following results: In the first case scenario, which the firm is in a tax environment (35% income tax), the NPV of the project equals to -$6,366,054.53
This analysis will determine whether or not the project is worth pursuing using a net present value (NPV) approach.
If the IRR is less than the capital then that project should be rejected because it is not very feasible. If the Internal Rate of Return is larger than the capital required for the project, it should be accepted while if the IRR is just equal to the capital then the project could be considered because it is at the very least earning its cost of capital and should therefore be accepted at the margin.
This project evaluates the discounted Net Present Value which shows the estimated cash flow. The cash flow forecast is for 10 year which incorporates International complexities as well as the cost of capital.