6. Profitability index Aa Aa Estimating the cash flow generated by $1 invested in a project The profitability index (PI) is a capital budgeting tool that is defined as the present value of a project's cash inflows divided by the absolute value of its initial cash outflow. Consider this case: Sonaiya Development Group is considering investing $3,000,000 in a project that is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Sonaiya Development Group uses a WACC of 9% when evaluating proposed capital budgeting projects. Based on these cash flows, determine this project's PI: Year Cash Flow Year $275,000 Year 2 $425,000 Year 3 $500,000 Year 4 $450,000 O 0.3945 0.4164 O 0.4602 O 0.4383 Sonaiya Development Group's decision to accept or reject this project is independent of its decisions on other projects. Based on the project's PI, the firm should the project. reject accept By comparison, the NPV of this project is Development Group should . On the basis of this evaluation criterion, Sonaiya in the project because the project increase the firm's value A project with a negative NPV will have a PI that is ; when it has a PI of 1.0, it will have an NPV