A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects, the company’s required return is 8 percent and they do not have any capital constraints. Based on the profitability index, what is your recommendation concerning these projects? Project A Project B Year Cash Flow Year Cash Flow 0 -$38,500 0 -$42,000 1 $20,000 1 $10,000 2 $24,000 2 $40,000
Computation of profitability index | |||||||||
year | Cash flow A | Cash flow B | PVIF @ 8% | Present value A | Present value B | ||||
1 | 20000 | 10000 | 0.925926 | 18518.52 | 9259.259 | ||||
3 | 24000 | 40000 | 0.857339 | 20576.13 | 34293.55 | ||||
a | Present value of cash inflow | 39094.65 | 43552.81 | ||||||
b | Outflow | 38500 | 42000 | ||||||
c=a/b | Profitability index | 1.02 | 1.04 | ||||||
Since profitability index of project B is higher therefore firm should select project B | |||||||||
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