Cubbies Corporation is a relatively young company that has enjoyed great financial success and a very strong growth pattern. However, Cubbies's management realizes that the company has outgrown its "seat of the pants" management style, and must start to develop more sophisticated means of analyzing financial decisions. For example, the company is currently considering two projects, both of which have the same initial investment and, over a 6-year life, will return approximately the same amount of income to the company. To aid in choosing between these projects, the CFO has asked for an Excel model that can determine each project's net present value, profitability index, payback period, and internal rate of return, based on the project's cash flow projections.

The Initial investment for Project B would also be $875,000, and the project is expected to last 6 years.
This would be a new venture for Cubbies, so no existing equipment would be sold. Because it is
a new business, revenues are expected to grow from $150,000 in year 1, to $250,000 in year 2, to
$450,000 annually in years 3 through 6. Likewise, costs are estimated at $125,000 in year 1,
$175,000 in year 2, and $210,000 annually in years 3 through 6. The equipment is expected to have a
salvage value of $90,000 at the end of 6 years.
Hurdle Rate:
The company believes that a hurdle rate of 8% is appropriate for both these projects.

5 Hurdle Rate 7 Project cash flows 8 nitial investment 9 Salvage value of replace asset 10 Working Capital 11 Annual savings/revenues 12 Annual costs/cash outflows 13 overhaul refurbishment cost 15 Net annual cash flows 16 Present value factor 17 Present value of annual cash flows 18 19 20 Net Undiscounted Cash Flows: 21 22 Net Present Value of project 24 Payback Period: 25 Cumulative Undiscounted Cash Flo 26 Payback Period Years) 28 Profitability Index: Internal Rate of Return IIRRY. Capital Budget Projections Project: Time 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7