Capital Budgeting: Net Present Value vs Internal Rate of Return (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 4 – Business Economics and Financial Mathematics) Y O Lam Capital budgeting assists decision makers in a company evaluate multiple investments of the company’s capital. Capital budgeting is used to plan for the acquisitions of other companies‚ for the development of new product lines of business‚ for the expansion of the existing production plants or for the replacement worn-out equipment‚ and
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The Basics of Capital Budgeting Integrated Case Study Allied Components Company You recently went to work for Allied Components Company‚ a supplier of auto repair parts used in the after-market with products from Daimler‚ Chrysler‚ Ford‚ and other automakers. Your boss‚ the chief financial officer (CFO)‚ has just handed you the estimated cash flows for two proposed projects. Project L involves adding a new item to the firm’s ignition system line; it would take some time to build up the
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09/05/2014 A - Capital budgeting is an analysis of potential additions to fixed assets‚ it is part of the long term decisions taken by the top management and involve large expenditures. The capital budgeting is very important to firm’s future. The difference between capital budgeting and individual’s investment decisions are in the estimation of cash flows‚ risk‚ and determination of the appropriate discount. B - The
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Capital Budgeting Luz A comas Strayer University Professor: Michael Hamuicka Financial Management – FIN 534 05/02/2011 Abstract Capital budgeting is one of the most important areas of financial management. There are several techniques commonly used to evaluate capital budgeting projects namely the payback period‚ accounting rate of return‚ present value and internal rate of return and profitability index. Recent studies highlight that financial managers worldwide favor
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Capital Budgeting Part I PV= FV / (1+i)^y PV= present value‚ FV= future value‚ i= discount rate‚ and y= time. 1a) If the discount rate is 0%‚ what is the projects net present value? Year Cash Flow Discount Rate Discounted Cash Flow 0 -$400‚000 0% -$400‚000 1 $100‚000 0% $100‚000 2 $120‚000 0% $120‚000 3 $850‚000 0% $850‚000 Answer: The projects net present value is $670‚000 If the discount rate is 2%‚ what is the
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Team A Capital Budgeting Case Study University of Phoenix Team A Capital Budgeting Case Study It is always a hard choice for a company when deciding on acquiring another company. What makes it even harder is having to choose between several companies as a lot of research must take place in order to analyze each company to see which is the best choice for the acquiring company. In the current case study Team A is recommending purchasing Corporation A based on a 5 year projected income
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Chapter 9 Cost of Capital 1. What is the WACC? a. Weighted Average Cost of Capital- most firms employ different types of capital‚ and because of their differences in risk‚ the difference securities have different required rates of return. Typically=debt‚ preferred stock and common equity. 2. What precautions must we take when measuring the WACC to use for capital budgeting decisions (future investment)? b. The company’s current and recent past book and market value structures
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Summary The objective of financial management is to always make decisions in order to maximize shareholder wealth. They do this by different methods; one of them is by investing in projects that will maximize the value of the firm. However‚ many analyses should be made before making the decision to invest in determinant projects. The process by which the firm decides which investment is most profitable is called capital budgeting. There are different methods by which a firm can find the economic
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Capital Budgeting Case Study QRB/501 February 23‚ 2014 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze and interpret the answers of the Capital Budgeting Case. I will discuss my recommendation about which Corporation and investor should acquire based on the quantitative reasoning. I also will describe the relationship between the net present value and the internal rate of return for the two corporations that are analyzed. Capital Budgeting Case A company is planning in acquiring
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basically balance sheet. Finally interprets financial statement using ratio and all other aspects that drive company success with the aim of better understanding management accounting techniques and practices in Rwanda. Introduction to Capital Budgeting Pamela Peterson‚ Florida State University O U T L I N E I. Introduction II. The investmentproblem III. Capitalbudgeting IV. Classifying investmentprojects V. Cash flow frominvestments VI. Operating cash flows VII. Puttingit
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