Shell Company is exploring two mutually exclusive opportunity. There are two available opportunities for Shell with the following information: a. Petron Company has projected annual returns of Php7 Billion and outstanding liabilities of Php5 Billion. b. Diesel Company has projected annual returns of Php12 Billion and outstanding liabilities of Php20 Billion. c. Both companies have terminal value of Php100 Billion. Using the information above, which is a better choice if the initial investment for Petron Company and Diesel Company is Php50 Billion and Php110 Billion, respectively. The cost of capital for the two companies are 10%.

3. Project A and Project B are mutually exclusive. Project A has an IRR of 22.5 and Project B has an IRR of 30.8. The two projects happen to have equal net present value at a discount rate of 16.25%. The firms cost of capital is 12 percent. Explain with a graph, which project creates more value and which project should be chosen.

The financial manager of "XY" company, is considering three projects A, B and C with the initial cost and the expected cash flows are as follows: Project C €2,200 Project A Project B €7,200 Years 1 €2,200 €2,200 3 €9,124 Initial cost €6,000 €6,000 €6,000 Investments A and B are mutually exclusive. a) Which project will the financial manager choose, based on the payback period method? b) Calculate the NPV for each project, if the cost of capital (required rate of return) is 10%. Which project will the manager choose based to this method?

Lopez Industries has identified the following two mutually exclusive capital investment projects:   Year Project A Project B 0 -16000 -15500 1 400 12500 2 800 8000 3 13000 800 4 14000 800   What is the IRR for each of these projects? If you apply the IRR decision rule, which project should the company accept? Is this decision necessarily correct?

A large company named High Hill Holding is considering a project. At the start of this project, the company will have to spend RM700 million to acquire necessary construction material and also paying the contractor with the following expected cash flows of RM200 million, RM370 million, RM225 million and RM700 million for Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Assume a discount rate of 12% per annum, will the company consider the project and comment on the action to be taken. (b)

A firm has the following investment alternatives (refer to image): Each investment costs $3,000; investments B and C are mutually exclusive,and the firm’s cost of capital is 8 percent. a.) According to the internal rates of return, which investment(s) should the firm make? Why? b.) According to both the net present values and internal rates of return, which investments should the firm make? c.) If the firm could reinvest the $3,600 earned in year 1 from investment B at 10 percent, what effect would that information have on your answer to part b? Would the answer be different if the rate were 14 percent?

Anadarko Petroleum must choose between two mutually exclusive oil-drilling projects, which each have a cost of $12 million. Under Plan A, all oil would be extracted in one year, producing a cash flow at t=1 of $14.6 million. Under Plan B, cash flows would be $2.1 million for 20 years. The firm's WACC is 12%. At what rate are the NPVs for these two plans the same? That is, what is the crossover rate where the two projects' NPVs are equal?Your answer should be between 12.25 and 17.15, rounded to 2 decimal places, with no special characters.

Newtown Corp. has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. If it chooses project A, Newtown Corp. will have the opportunity to make a similar investment in three years. However, if it chooses project B, it will not have the opportunity to make a second investment. The following table lists the cash flows for these projects. If the firm uses the replacement chain (common life) approach, what will be the difference between the net present value (NPV) of project A and project B, assuming that both projects have a weighted average cost of capital of 12%?   Cash Flow     Project A   Project B   Year 0: –$15,000 Year 0: –$40,000 Year 1: 9,000 Year 1: 8,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 2: 15,000 Year 3: 14,000 Year 3: 14,000     Year 4: 13,000     Year 5: 12,000     Year 6: 11,000   $13,512   $11,923   $15,897   $12,718   $10,333     Newtown Corp. is considering a five-year project that has a weighted average cost of capital of…

Q16) Salalah company management is considering three competing investment Projects A, B and C. Year Project A Project C 1000 300 Project B Initial Investment 1000 250 1000 1 275 275 250 300 300 300 300 3 250 275 4 250 250 275 275 Assume a discount Rate of 3% Required: Use the information below and help the management in choosing the most desirable Project using the following techniques: a) Payback period b) Discounted Payback Period c) Net Present value d) Profitability index.

3. Lopez Industries has identified the following two mutually exclusive capital investment projects: Year Project A Project B 0 1 2 3 4 -16000 400 800 13000 -15500 12500 8000 800 14000 800 What is the IRR for each of these projects? If you apply the IRR decision rule, which project should the company accept? Is this decision necessarily correct? If the required return is 11%, what is the NPV for each of these projects? Which project should the firm accept if they apply the NPV rule?