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Chapter 6 Investment Decision Rules

Chapter 6 Investment Decision Rules. Chapter Outline. 6.1 NPV and Stand-Alone Projects 6.2 Alternative Decision Rules 6.3 Mutually Exclusive Investment Opportunities 6.4 Project Selection with Resource Constraints. Learning Objectives.

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Chapter 6 Investment Decision Rules

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  1. Chapter 6 Investment Decision Rules

  2. Chapter Outline 6.1 NPV and Stand-Alone Projects 6.2 Alternative Decision Rules 6.3 Mutually Exclusive Investment Opportunities 6.4 Project Selection with Resource Constraints

  3. Learning Objectives • Define net present value, payback period, internal rate of return, profitability index, and incremental IRR. • Describe decision rules for each of the tools in objective 1, for both stand-alone and mutually exclusive projects. • Given cash flows, compute the NPV, payback period, internal rate of return, profitability index, and incremental IRR for a given project. • Compare each of the capital budgeting tools above, and tell why NPV always gives the correct decision. • Define Economic Value Added, and describe how it can be used in capital budgeting.

  4. 6.1 NPV and Stand-Alone Projects • Consider a take-it-or-leave-it investment decision involving a single, stand-alone project for Fredrick Feed and Farm (FFF). • The project costs $250 million and is expected to generate cash flows of $35 million per year, starting at the end of the first year and lasting forever.

  5. NPV Rule • The NPV of the project is calculated as: • The NPV is dependent on the discount rate.

  6. Figure 6.1 NPV of FFF’s New Project • If FFF’s cost of capital is 10%, the NPV is $100 million and they should undertake the investment.

  7. Measuring Sensitivity with IRR • At 14%, the NPV is equal to 0, thus the project’s IRR is 14%. For FFF, if their cost of capital estimate is more than 14%, the NPV will be negative, as illustrated on the previous slide.

  8. Alternative Rules Versus the NPV Rule • Sometimes alternative investment rules may give the same answer as the NPV rule, but at other times they may disagree. • When the rules conflict, the NPV decision rule should be followed.

  9. 6.2 Alternative Decision Rules • The Payback Rule • The payback period is amount of time it takes to recover or pay back the initial investment. If the payback period is less than a pre-specified length of time, you accept the project. Otherwise, you reject the project. • The payback rule is used by many companies because of its simplicity. • However, the payback rule does not always give a reliable decision since it ignores the time value of money.

  10. Example 6.1

  11. Example 6.1 (cont'd)

  12. Alternative Example 6.1 • Problem • Projects A, B, and C each have an expected life of 5 years. • Given the initial cost and annual cash flow information below, what is the payback period for each project?

  13. Alternative Example 6.1 • Solution • Payback A • $80 ÷ $25 = 3.2 years • Project B • $120 ÷ $30 = 4.0 years • Project C • $150 ÷ $35 = 4.29 years

  14. The Internal Rate of Return • Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Investment Rule • Take any investment where the IRR exceeds the cost of capital. Turn down any investment whose IRR is less than the cost of capital.

  15. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • The IRR Investment Rule will give the same answer as the NPV rule in many, but not all, situations. • In general, the IRR rule works for a stand-alone project if all of the project’s negative cash flows precede its positive cash flows. • In Figure 6.1, whenever the cost of capital is below the IRR of 14%, the project has a positive NPV and you should undertake the investment.

  16. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • In other cases, the IRR rule may disagree with the NPV rule and thus be incorrect. • Situations where the IRR rule and NPV rule may be in conflict: • Delayed Investments • Nonexistent IRR • Multiple IRRs

  17. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Delayed Investments • Assume you have just retired as the CEO of a successful company. A major publisher has offered you a book deal. The publisher will pay you $1 million upfront if you agree to write a book about your experiences. You estimate that it will take three years to write the book. The time you spend writing will cause you to give up speaking engagements amounting to $500,000 per year. You estimate your opportunity cost to be 10%.

  18. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Delayed Investments • Should you accept the deal? • Calculate the IRR. • The IRR is greater than the cost capital. Thus, the IRR rule indicates you should accept the deal.

  19. Financial Calculator Solution

  20. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Delayed Investments • Should you accept the deal? • Since the NPV is negative, the NPV rule indicates you should reject the deal.

  21. Figure 6.2 NPV of Star’s $1 million Book Deal • When the benefits of an investment occur before the costs, the NPV is an increasing function of the discount rate.

  22. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Nonexistent IRR • Assume now that you are offered $1 million per year if you agree to go on a speaking tour for the next three years. If you lecture, you will not be able to write the book. Thus your net cash flows would look like:

  23. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Nonexistent IRR • By setting the NPV equal to zero and solving for r, we find the IRR. In this case, however, there is no discount rate that will set the NPV equal to zero.

  24. Figure 6.3 NPV of Lecture Contract • No IRR exists because the NPV is positive for all values of the discount rate. Thus the IRR rule cannot be used.

  25. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Multiple IRRs • Now assume the lecture deal fell through. You inform the publisher that it needs to increase its offer before you will accept it. The publisher then agrees to make royalty payments of $20,000 per year forever, starting once the book is published in three years. • Should you accept or reject the new offer?

  26. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Multiple IRRs • The cash flows would now look like: • The NPV is calculated as:

  27. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Multiple IRRs • By setting the NPV equal to zero and solving for r, we find the IRR. In this case, there are two IRRs: 4.723% and 19.619%. Because there is more than one IRR, the IRR rule cannot be applied.

  28. Figure 6.4 NPV of Star’s Book Deal with Royalties • If the opportunity cost of capital is either below 4.723% or above 19.619%, you should accept the deal.

  29. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • Multiple IRRs • Between 4.723% and 19.619%, the book deal has a negative NPV. Since your opportunity cost of capital is 10%, you should reject the deal.

  30. The Internal Rate of Return (cont'd) • IRR Versus the IRR Rule • While the IRR rule has shortcomings for making investment decisions, the IRR itself remains useful. IRR measures the average return of the investment and the sensitivity of the NPV to any estimation error in the cost of capital.

  31. Economic Profit or EVA • EVA and Economic Profit • Economic Profit • The difference between revenue and the opportunity cost of all resources consumed in producing that revenue, including the opportunity cost of capital

  32. Economic Profit or EVA (cont'd) • EVA and Economic Profit • Economic Value Added (EVA) • The cash flows of a project minus a charge for the opportunity cost of capital

  33. Economic Profit or EVA (cont'd) • EVA When Invested Capital is Constant • EVA in Period n (When Capital Lasts Forever) • where I is the project’s capital, Cn is the project’s cash flow in time period n, and r is the cost of capital. r × I is known as the capital charge

  34. Economic Profit or EVA (cont'd) • EVA When Invested Capital is Constant • EVA Investment Rule • Accept any investment in which the present value (at the project’s cost of capital) of all future EVAs is positive. • When invested capital is constant, the EVA rule and the NPV rule will coincide.

  35. Example 6.2

  36. Example 6.2 (cont'd)

  37. Alternative Example 6.2 • Problem • Ranger has an investment opportunity which requires an upfront investment of $150 million. • The annual end-of-year cash flows of $14 million dollars are expected to last forever. • The firm’s cost of capital is 8%. • Compute the annual EVA and the present value of the project.

  38. Alternative Example 6.2 • Solution • Using Eq. 6.1, the EVA each year is: • The present value of the EVA perpetuity is:

  39. Economic Profit or EVA (cont'd) • EVA When Invested Capital Changes • EVA in Period n (When Capital Depreciates) • Where Cn is a project’s cash flow in time period n, In – 1 is the project’s capital at time period n – 1, and r is the cost of capital • When invested capital changes, the EVA rule and the NPV rule coincide.

  40. Example 6.3

  41. Example 6.3 (cont'd)

  42. 6.3 Mutually Exclusive Investment Opportunities • Mutually Exclusive Projects • When you must choose only one project among several possible projects, the choice is mutually exclusive. • NPV Rule • Select the project with the highest NPV. • IRR Rule • Selecting the project with the highest IRR may lead to mistakes.

  43. Differences in Scale • If a project’s size is doubled, its NPV will double. This is not the case with IRR. Thus, the IRR rule cannot be used to compare projects of different scales.

  44. Differences in Scale (cont'd) • Identical Scale • Consider two projects:

  45. Differences in Scale (cont'd) • Identical Scale • Girlfriend’s Business

  46. Differences in Scale (cont'd) • Identical Scale • Laundromat • IRR = 20% • Both the NPV rule and the IRR rule indicate the girlfriend’s business is the better alternative.

  47. Figure 6.5 NPV of Investment Opportunities • The NPV of the girlfriend’s business is always larger than the NPV of the single machine laundromat. The IRR of the girlfriend’s business is 100%, while the IRR for the laundromat is 20%.

  48. Differences in Scale (cont'd) • Changes in Scale • What if the laundromat project was 20 times larger? • The NPV would be 20 times larger, but the IRR remains the same at 20%. • Give an discount rate of 12%, the NPV rule indicates you should choose the 20-machine laundromat (NPV = $5,000) over the girlfriend’s business (NPV = $4,000).

  49. Figure 6.6 NPV of Investment Opportunities with the 20-Machine Laundromat • The NPV of the 20-machine laundromat is larger than the NPV of the girlfriend’s business only for discount rates less than 13.9%.

  50. Differences in Scale (cont'd) • Percentage Return Versus Impact on Value • The girlfriend’s business has an IRR of 100%, while the 20-machine laundromat has an IRR of 20%, so why not choose the girlfriend’s business? • Because the 20-machine laundromat makes more money • It has a higher NPV.

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