Claire is choosing between two projects but can only take one. The cash flows for the projects are given in the following table: Project Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 A −$47.6 million−$47.6 million +$24 million+$24 million +$20 million+$20 million +$21 million+$21 million +$17 million+$17 million B −$105.6 million−$105.6 million +$20 million+$20 million +$39 million+$39 million +$50 million+$50 million +$61 million+$61 million All answers in 2 d.p   (a-1) The IRR of project A is (a-2) The IRR of project B is    (b) If Claire's discount rate is 4.64.6%, the NPV for project A is $$   If Claire's discount rate is 4.64.6%, the NPV for project B is $$   (c) Why do IRR and NPV rank the two projects differently? (Select from the drop-down menus.) NPV and IRR rank the two projects differently because they are measuring different things. (1) NPV/IRR  is measuring value creation, while (2) NPV/IRR  is measuring return on investment. Because returns do not scale with different levels of investment, the two measures may give different rankings when the initial investments are different.

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Claire is choosing between two projects but can only take one.
The cash flows for the projects are given in the following table:

Project Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
A −$47.6 million−$47.6 million +$24 million+$24 million +$20 million+$20 million +$21 million+$21 million +$17 million+$17 million
B −$105.6 million−$105.6 million +$20 million+$20 million +$39 million+$39 million +$50 million+$50 million +$61 million+$61 million

All answers in 2 d.p

 


(a-1) The IRR of project A is

(a-2) The IRR of project B is 

 

(b) If Claire's discount rate is 4.64.6%, the NPV for project A is $$

 

If Claire's discount rate is 4.64.6%, the NPV for project B is $$

 

(c) Why do IRR and NPV rank the two projects differently?
(Select from the drop-down menus.)

NPV and IRR rank the two projects differently because they are measuring different things. (1) NPV/IRR  is measuring value creation, while (2) NPV/IRR  is measuring return on investment. Because returns do not scale with different levels of investment, the two measures may give different rankings when the initial investments are different.

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