Concept explainers
You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $10million. Investment A will generate $2 million per year (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.5 million at the end of the first year and its revenues will grow at 2% per year for every year after that.
- a. Which investment has the higher
IRR ? - b. Which investment has the higher
NPV when the cost of capital is 7%? - c. In this case, for what values of the cost of capital does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?

Trending nowThis is a popular solution!

Chapter 7 Solutions
EBK CORPORATE FINANCE
Additional Business Textbook Solutions
Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
Operations Management
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Principles Of Taxation For Business And Investment Planning 2020 Edition
- You plan to save $X per year for 7 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You and your heirs then plan to make annual withdrawals forever, with your first withdrawal expected in 8 years. The first withdrawal is expected to be $43,596 and all subsequent withdrawals are expected to increase annually by 1.84 percent forever. What is X if the expected return per year is 11.34 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $arrow_forwardYou plan to save $41,274 per year for 4 years, with your first savings contribution later today. You then plan to make X withdrawals of $41,502 per year, with your first withdrawal expected in 4 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 8.28 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to at least 2 decimal places.arrow_forwardYou plan to save $X per year for 10 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You then plan to withdraw $58,052 per year for 9 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 10 years. What is X if the expected return is 7.41 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 69 $arrow_forward
- You plan to save $X per year for 7 years, with your first savings contribution later today. You then plan to withdraw $30,818 per year for 5 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 8 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 6.64 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $arrow_forwardYou plan to save $24,629 per year for 8 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You then plan to withdraw $X per year for 7 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 8 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 5.70 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $ SAarrow_forwardYou plan to save $15,268 per year for 7 years, with your first savings contribution later today. You then plan to withdraw $X per year for 9 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 8 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 10.66 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. GA $arrow_forward
- You plan to save $19,051 per year for 5 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You then plan to make X withdrawals of $30,608 per year, with your first withdrawal expected in 5 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 14.61 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to at least 2 decimal places.arrow_forwardWhat is the value of a building that is expected to generate no cash flows for several years and then generate annual cash flows forever if the first cash flow is expected in 10 years, the first cash flow is expected to be $49,900, all subsequent cash flows are expected to be 3.42 percent higher than the previous cash flow, and the cost of capital is 15.90 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $arrow_forwardYou plan to save $X per year for 8 years, with your first savings contribution later today. You and your heirs then plan to make annual withdrawals forever, with your first withdrawal expected in 9 years. The first withdrawal is expected to be $29,401 and all subsequent withdrawals are expected to increase annually by 3.08 percent forever. What is X if the expected return per year is 9.08 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 59 $arrow_forward
- You own investment A and 10 bonds of bond B. The total value of your holdings is $12,185.28. Bond B has a coupon rate of 18.82 percent, par value of $1000, YTM of 15.36 percent, 7 years until maturity, and semi-annual coupons with the next coupon expected in 6 months. Investment A is expected to pay $X per year for 12 years, has an expected return of 19.64 percent, and is expected to make its first payment later today. What is X? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 59 $arrow_forwardYou plan to save $X per year for 8 years, with your first savings contribution later today. You then plan to withdraw $43,128 per year for 6 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 8 years. What is X if the expected return per year is 13.14 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 59 $arrow_forwardYou plan to save $X per year for 6 years, with your first savings contribution in 1 year. You then plan to withdraw $20,975 per year for 8 years, with your first withdrawal expected in 7 years. What is X if the expected return is 13.29 percent per year? Input instructions: Round your answer to the nearest dollar. 59 $arrow_forward
- Principles of Accounting Volume 2AccountingISBN:9781947172609Author:OpenStaxPublisher:OpenStax College