1. Net present value (NPV) Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net reset value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteria that generally lead to god investment decisions Consider this case: Suppose Pheasant Pharmaceuticals is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project project eta that will require an initial Investment of $2,225,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash for Year Cash Flow Year $275,000 $475.000 5450.000 Yaar 3 Year 4 $450.000 Pheasant Pharmaceutical weighted average cost of capitalist and project Bata at the same time. Based on the cash flow, what is project Bata's NPV 05075,146 $400146 -600.14 51,240,154 JEU DELUS NPV ULLI Ilds the same risk as the firm's average project. Based on the -$875,146 0-$400,146 -$600,146 O $1,349,854 Making the accept or reject decision Pheasant Pharmaceuticals's decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects. If the firm follows the NPV method, it should project Beta. Suppose your boss asked you to analyze two mutually exclusive projects--project A and project B. Both projects require the same investment amount, and the sum of cash inflows of Project A is larger than the sum of cash inflows of project B. A coworker told you that you don't need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project 8. Do you agree with your coworker's statement No, the NPV calculation will take into account not only the projects' cash inflows but also the timing of cash inflows and outflows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has larger cash inflows. O No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project's cash flows does not affect a project's NPV. Yes, project A will always have the largest NPV, because its cash inflows are greater than project B's cash inflows. Grade It Now Save & Continue Continue without saving earch I c