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This comprehensive guide to capital budgeting outlines essential investment criteria for evaluating potential projects. It highlights the differences between mutually exclusive and independent projects, along with methods such as Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to assess their viability. Understand various cash flow analysis techniques, including profitability index and decision tree analysis, while exploring relevant cash flows and the importance of focusing on incremental cash flows. This resource is vital for financial professionals aiming to make informed project investment decisions.
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FINANCE 7311 CAPITAL BUDETING
Outline • Projects • Investment Criteria • NPV v. IRR • Sources of NPV • Project Cash Flow Checklist
Projects • A project is any potential real investment opportunity • Distinguish real from financial • Mutually Exclusive - can do only one • Independent - decision about one does not affect decision w/r/t the others • Replacement - special case
Investment Criteria • Investment criteria are the rules by which we decide whether or not to accept a particular project; consider the following:
Accounting Rate of Return • ARR = Avg. Income / Avg. Investment • Uses Income rather than Cash Flow • Ignores Time Value of Money
Payback • Years needed to recover initial investment • To Find: Calculate where cumulative cash flows become positive • Project A: 2 1/6 years • Project B: 2 6/7 years
Problems with Payback • Ignores Time Value of Money • Can use Discounted Payback; Why? • Ignores CF’s after payback • To see: Assume Project B’s cash flow in year 4 is 1,000,000; how does this affect payback
Net Present Value • This rule is always consistent with maximizing the value of the firm • Economically, take all projects for which benefits > costs (in PV dollars) • Mathematically, sum the present values of all the cash flows
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) • IRR - That rate which causes NPV to = 0.
IRR • Independent Projects - select all projects for which IRR > Cost of Capital • Mutually Exclusive - select project with highest IRR • Use ‘well-designed’ spreadsheet
Comparison of NPV & IRR • Business people are accustomed to thinking in rates of return, so does it matter which of NPV or IRR we use? • Independent - the two rules are equivalent • NPV > 0 <==> IRR > Cost of Capital
Comparison of NPV & IRR • Mutually Exclusive Projects - can get different answers • NPV Profile for Example • Reinvestment Assumption
NPV v. IRR Example • Project 1: (100,000) 125,000 • Project 2: 1,000 2,000 • NPVIRR • Project 1 13,636 25% • Project 2 818 100%
NPV v. IRR, cont. • IRR ==> Do Project 2 • NPV ==> Do Project 1 • Problem: Reinvestment Assumption • What are you going to do with the other $99,000?
Profitability Index • PV Cash Inflows / PV Cash Outflows • Independent: Choose all with PI > 1 • Mutually Exclusive: Choose highest PI • Project 1: 1.136 • Project 2: 1.818 • May be useful for capital rationing
Other Real Options • Option to Expand • Option to Abandon • Strategic Options • Excluding biases NPV down • Decision Tree: Capital Budgeting should be dynamic, not static
Source of NPV • Market Opportunities - ‘deviations from equilibrium’ • Economies of Scale • Cost Advantages • Product differentiation • Distribution Advantage • Regulatory Protection
Relevant Cash Flows • We can always write: • EBIT • + Depreciation • - Taxes (t x EBIT) • = Operating Cash Flow • - ∆ NWC • - Capital Spending • = FCF
Cash Flows • Focus on Cash Flows; not accounting #’s • Depreciation • Not a cash flow • Affects Cash Flow through depreciation • Capital spending • Capitalized for accounting purposes • Cash outflow for finance purposes
Project Cash Flows • Focus on Incremental Cash Flows • “What is different if project is accepted?” • Sunk Costs - those costs which have been incurred and are not affected by project decision • Opportunity Cost - highest value use of an asset if not used in project
Project CF’s, cont. • Externalities - less obvious costs/benefits which should be included in analysis • Change in NWC - often a cash outflow initially and cash inflow at end • Cash flows should be after tax • ∆Rev/Exp x (1-t) • Depreciation x t • Do not include interest as a cash flow
Project CF’s, cont. • Replacement problem - should you keep an existing asset, or replace it with a new one • ∆ in Cash Flows • Net of tax proceeds from disposal of existing asset