Understanding the IRR and NPV The net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) methods of investment analysis are interrelated and are sometimes used to make capital budgeting decisions. Consider the case of Cute Camel Woodcraft Company: crashed. The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of return (IRR) of Project Zeta is 14.6%, but he can't recall how Cute Camel originally invested in the project nor the project's net present value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by Project Zeta. They are: suggestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when the cash flows are discounted using the project's IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Cute Camel's 9% WACC. equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-wl -e discounted using the project's IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the san y the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Cute Given the data and hints, Project Zeta's initial investment is , and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole lollar). project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows decrease, and everything else is unaffected. The CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of infs equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when the cash flows are discounted usin $1,468,682 IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company's $1,277,115 Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Cute Camel's 9% WACC. Given the data and hints, Project Zeta's initial investment is , and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole dollar). A project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows decrease, and everything else is unaffected. The CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when the cash flows are discounted using the project's IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Cute Camel's 9% WACC. Given the data and s initial investment is , and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole dollar). A project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows decrease, and everything else is unaffected