Consider Two Mutually Exclusive Projects X and Y with Identical

question 144

Essay

Consider two mutually exclusive projects X and Y with identical initial outlays of $600,000 and useful lives of 5 years.Project X is expected to produce an after-tax cash flow of $180,000 each year.Project Y is expected to generate a single after-tax net cash flow of $1,015,000 in year 5.The discount rate is 14 percent.
a.Calculate the net present value for each project.
b.Calculate the IRR for each project.
c.What decision should you make regarding these projects?

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Definitions:

Sales

The total amount of goods or services sold by a company, typically reported within a specific period.

Return On Equity

An indicator of how well management is leveraging company assets to produce profits, found by dividing the net income by the equity of the shareholders.

Return On Assets

A profitability ratio that measures how efficiently a company can manage its assets to produce net income.

Debt-To-Equity Ratio

A gauge for the synergy of debt and equity in the financing framework of a company’s assets.