NPV versus IRR Consider the following cash flows on two mutually exclusive projects for Tomatina Recreation SA.

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NPV versus IRR Consider the following cash flows on two mutually exclusive projects for Tomatina Recreation SA. Both projects require an annual return of 15 per cent.

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0 –600,000 –1,800,000 1 270,000 1,000,000 2 350,000 700,000 3 300,000 900,000 As a financial analyst for Tomatina, you are asked the following questions:

(a) If your decision rule is to accept the project with the greater IRR, which project should you choose?

(b) Because you are fully aware of the IRR rule’s scale problem, you calculate the incremental IRR for the cash flows. Based on your computation, which project should you choose?

(c) To be prudent, you compute the NPV for both projects. Which project should you choose? Is it consistent with the incremental IRR rule?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781526848093

4th Edition

Authors: David Hillier

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