Finance Ch7

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How is NPV calculated
Total PV of future projects CF’s – Initial Investment
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What is NPV’s min acceptance criteria
Accept if NPV>0
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What is NPV’s ranking criteria
Choose highest NPV
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What is the payback period
How long it takes to pay back initial investment
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What are the advantages of PbP
Easy to understand Biased towards Liquidity
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What are the disadvantages of PbP
Ignores Time value of money, Ignores Cash flows after pay back, biased against LT projects, may have negative NPV
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What is DPbP
PbP but takes time value of money into consideration
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How is AAR calculated
Average Net income / Average book value of investment
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What are the advantages of AAR
Easy calc, accounting info readily available
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What are the disadvantages of AAR
Ignores Time value of money, uses arbitrary bench mark, based on book values
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What is the IRR
Discount rate that sets NPV=0
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What is IRR min acceptance criteria
Accept if IRR>Required return
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What is IRR Ranking criteria
Highest IRR
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What are the advantages of IRR
Easy to understand and communicate
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What are the disadvantages of IRR
Doesn’t distinguish between borrowing and lending, Multiple IRRs, Problems with mutually exclusive projects (picking one project affects decisions on others)
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What are the problems with IRR
Multiple IRR (occur when cashflows change sign multiple times), Scaling problems, Timing problems
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How to solve multiple IRR problem
Solve by, Calc NPV of all cash outflows using borrowing rate, calc NPV of all cash inflows using investing rate, find IRR that equates these values
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How is PI calculated
Total PV of future Cfs / Initial investments
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What is PI min acceptance criteria
PI>1
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What is PI Ranking criteria
Highest PI
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What are the advantages of PI
Useful if funds are limited; Easy to understand and communicate; Correct when projects are independent
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What are the disadvantages of PI
Problems with mutually exclusive projects
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