Suppose a company uses the NPV method, alongwith risk-adjusted WACCs, to calculate projectNPVs. However, it has not been considering realoptions in its capital budgeting decisions. Nowsuppose the company changes its capital budgeting process to take account of four types of realoptions investment timing, flexibility, growth,and abandonment. Would this decision be likelyto affect some of the calculated NPVs? Explainyour answer

Suppose a company uses the NPV method, alongwith risk-adjusted WACCs, to calculate projectNPVs. However, it has not been considering realoptions in its capital budgeting decisions. Nowsuppose the company changes its capital budgeting process to take account of four types of realoptions investment timing, flexibility, growth,and abandonment. Would this decision be likelyto affect some of the calculated NPVs? Explainyour answer

Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter13: Capital Budgeting: Estimating Cash Flows And Analyzing Risk

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 13MC

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In capital budgeting decisions, are there reasons a company might choose to take a project that was NPV negative? Explain.
Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. When evaluating a capital budgeting decision, we generally include interest expense. B. Only include as incremental expenses in your capital budgeting analysis the additional overhead expenses that arise because of the decision to take on the project. C. Many projects use a resource that the company already owns. O D. As a practical matter, to derive the forecasted cash flows of a project, financial managers often begin by forecasting earnings.
1. In the context of capital budgeting, what is an opportunity cost?2. Given the choice, would a firm prefer to use MACRS depreciation or straight-line depreciation? Why?3. In our capital budgeting examples, we assumed that a firm would recover all of the working capital it invested in a project. Is this a reasonable assumption? When might it not be valid?4. Suppose a financial manager is quoted as saying, “Our firm uses the stand-alone principle. Because we treat projects like minifirms in our evaluation process, we include financing costs because they are relevant at the firm level.” Critically evaluate this statement.
What is the typical discount rate used with the Net Present Value (NPV) when project risk is the same as firm risk? Which capital budgeting methods should managers of firms use to evaluate a project? Why?
Suppose a firm uses the WACC as the single hurdle rate in determining the value of capital budgeting projects rather than using risk adjusted hurdle rates. Choose the statement that actually completes the sentence describing the possible outcomes for the firm: the firm will tend to Accept profitable, low risk projects and reject unprofitable, high risk projects Accept profitable, low risk projects and accept unprofitable, high risk projects Reject profitable, low risk projects and reject unprofitable high risk projects Become less risky overtime Reject profitable, low risk projects and accept unprofitable, high risk projects
Consider the relationship between a project’s net present value (NPV), its internal rate of return (IRR), and a company’s cost of capital. For each scenario that follows, indicate the relative value of the unknown. If cost of capital is unknown, indicate whether it would be higher or lower than the stated IRR. If NPV is unknown, indicate whether it would be higher or lower than zero. Project 1 is shown as an example.
Discuss the notions of conventional and nonconventional cash flows in capital budgeting. Which investment evaluation criteria would you use for unconventional cash flows and why? Provide a fictitious unconventional cash flow example and apply the payback period, NPV, IRR, MIRR, and PI methods to your example. Interpret the results.
Explain what a discounted cash flow method of making capital budgeting decisions is. Why are discounted cash flow methods superior to other methods? What are the risks related to using discounted cash flow methods? What a project profitability index? What does it measure? Why is it used? What is the primary criticism of the payback and simple rate of return methods of making capital budget decisions? What are the benefits in using these methods? Should companies continue to use these methods? Why or why not? What role, if any, should qualitative factors play in capital budgeting decisions? Explain your reasoning for your answer Discuss some of the major benefits to be gained from budgeting.
Distinguish among beta (or market) risk, within-firm (or corporate) risk, and stand-alone risk for a project being considered for inclusion in the capital budget. In theory, market risk should be the only “relevant” risk. However, companies focus as much on stand-alone risk as on market risk. What are the reasons for the focus on stand-alone risk?
Which of the statements below is TRUE regarding capital budgeting? O A. Capital budgeting deals with how much to apportion spending on current assets. O B. Projects with NPVS greater than the IRR should be accepted. OC. We can find a project's NPV by simply taking the product of all of the project's undiscounted cash flows. O D. Ceteris paribus, a lower cost of capital would increase a project's NPV.
In our capital budgeting examples, we assumed that a firm would recover all of the working capital it invested in a project. Is this a reasonable assumption? When might it not be valid?
Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. An NPV profile graph shows how a project's payback varies as the cost of capital changes. b. The NPV profile graph for a normal project will generally have a positive (upward) slope as the life of the project increases. c. An NPV profile graph is designed to give decision makers an idea about how a project's risk varies with its life. d. An NPV profile graph is designed to give decision makers an idea about how a project's contribution to the firm's value varies with the cost of capital. e. We cannot draw a project's NPV profile unless we know the appropriate WACC for use in evaluating the project's NPV. Provide explanation for the choice