An investment costs $200,000. If the present value (PV) of all the future cash flows is $175,000, which of the following statements is correct?
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The project should be rejected since the Profitability Index is less than 1. |
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The project should be rejected since the NPV is $25,000. |
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The project should be accepted since the Profitability Index is greater than 0 |
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The project should be rejected since the NPV is -$175,000. |
An investment costs $200,000. If the present value of all the future cash flows is $175,000, the following statement is true-
A) The project should be rejected as the Profitability Index is less than 1.
The profitability index of the project will be $175,000/$200,000 = 0.875, which is less than 1. Hence, the project should be rejected.
NPV of the project is = Pv of future cash flows - Initial investment
= $175,000 - $200,000 = -$25,000
It is -$25,000 and not -$175,000 or $25,000.
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