B Pharmaceuticals has $750,000 allocated for capital expenditures. Which of the following projects should the company accept to stay within the $750,000 budget? How much does the budget limit cost the company in terms of its market value? The opportunity cost of capital for each project is 11 percent.
Project | Investments ($ thousands) | NPV ($ thousands) | IRR % |
1 | 300 | 66 | 17.2 |
2 | 200 | -4 | 10.7 |
3 | 100 | 14 | 12.1 |
4 | 350 | 73 | 18 |
5 | 400 | 48 | 13.5 |
Accept projects with highest IRR while ensuring that IRR is more than cost of capital and capex is completely used up
Therefore
Accept project 4 and 1 as they have highest IRRs of 18 & 17.2
Remaining capex left = 750000-inv project 4 - inv project 1 = 750000-350000-300000 = 100000
We have 100 K left
We can additionally choose project 3 as inv cost is 100 K and IRR is more than cost of capital
Therefore projects to choose are 1,3 & 4
Cost of budget = budget*cost of capital = 750000*0.11=82500
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