1. Net present value (NPV) Evaluating cash flows with the NPV method The net present value (NPV) rule is considered one of the most common and preferred criteria that generally lead to good investment decisions. Consider this case: Suppose Cute Camel Wooderaft Company is evaluating a proposed capital budgeting project (project Beta) that will require an initial investment of $2,225,000. The project is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Cute Camel Woodcraft Company's weighted average cost of capital is 8%, and project Beta has the same risk as the firm's average project. Based on the cash flows, what is project Beta's NPV?. $802,517$377,517$1,422,483$963,020 Making the accept or reject decision Cute Camel Woodcraft Company's decision to accept or reject project Beta is independent of its decisions on other projects, If the firm follows the NPV. methed, it should project Beta. Suppose your boss has 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 as larger thar the sum of cash inflows of project B. A coworker told you that you doat need to do an NPV analysis of the projects because you already know that project A will have a larger NPV than project B. Do you agree with your coworker's statement? No, the NPV caiculation will take into account not only the projects' cash infiows but also the timing of cash inflows and outfows. Consequently, project B could have a larger NPV than project A, even though project A has farger cash inflows. No, the NPV calculation is based on percentage returns, so the size of a project's cash floms does not affect a projects NpN: Yes, project A will always nave the largest NPV, becouse its cash infiows are greater than project Bs cash infiows