Exercise 11-9 Preference Ranking of Investment Projects [LO11-3]

Oxford Company has limited funds available for investment and must ration the funds among four competing projects. Selected information on the four projects follows:

Project	Investment Required	Net Present Value	Life of the Project (years)	Internal Rate of Return (percent)
A	$990,000	$229,400	6	18%
B	$740,000	$104,350	11	13%
C	$690,000	$181,000	6	19%
D	$890,000	$143,420	4	17%

The net present values above have been computed using a 10% discount rate. The company wants your assistance in determining which project to accept first, second, and so forth.

Required:
1.	Compute the project profitability index for each project. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

2.	In order of preference, rank the four projects in terms of net present value, project profitability index and internal rate of return.