Excel Online Structured Activity: Capital budgeting criteria

A company has a 12% WACC and is considering two mutually exclusive investments (that cannot be repeated) with the following cash flows:

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Project A	-$300	-$387	-$193	-$100	$600	$600	$850	-$180
Project B	-$405	$132	$132	$132	$132	$132	$132	$0

The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

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1. What is each project's NPV? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Project A: $

   Project B: $

2. What is each project's IRR? Round your answer to two decimal places.

   Project A: %

   Project B: %

3. What is each project's MIRR? (Hint: Consider Period 7 as the end of Project B's life.) Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Project A: %

   Project B: %

4. From your answers to parts a-c, which project would be selected?

   _________Project AProject B

   If the WACC was 18%, which project would be selected?

   _________Project AProject B

6. Construct NPV profiles for Projects A and B. Round your answers to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.

   Discount Rate	NPV Project A	NPV Project B
   0%	$	$
   5	$	$
   10	$	$
   12	$	$
   15	$	$
   18.1	$	$
   23.33	$	$

7. Calculate the crossover rate where the two projects' NPVs are equal. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   %

8. What is each project's MIRR at a WACC of 18%? Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Project A: %

   Project B: %

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