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MIRR and Unequal Lives Practice Problems 1) Project M and N have the following p

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  MIRR and Unequal Lives

                                                                                   Practice Problems

1) Project M and N have the following projected after-tax cash flows. The company’s WACC is 9%.

                                                M                                            N

Cost                       ($2,000,000)                       ($2,200,000)

Year 1                          500,000                                 600,000

Year 2                          500,000                                 600,000

Year 3                          500,000                                 600,000

Year 4                          500,000                                 600,000

Year 5                          500,000                                 600,000

a) What is the MIRR of each project? (Note: since the cash inflows are the same in each year, you can use the PMT button to input the flows to create the terminal value for Step 1 of the MIRR calculation.)

b) If the projects are mutually exclusive, what decision should the company make?

c) If the projects are independent, what decision should the company make?

2) A company is considering two project opportunities for a piece of land the company currently owns. One is to open a restaurant and the other is to open a gym. The projects are mutually exclusive. Their after-tax projected cash flows are outlined below. If the company opens a restaurant, it would plan on selling the restaurant after 3 years. If the company opens a gym, it would plan on selling the gym after 6 years. The company has a 12% weighted average cost of capital. What decision should the company make? (Use both replacement chain and equivalent annual annuity approaches to determine the appropriate decision.)

                                                Restaurant                                                 Gym

Cost                                       ($1,500,000)                                       ($2,400,000)

Year 1                                           500,000                                                400,000

Year 2                                           750,000                                                600,000

Year 3                                        2,000,000                                               900,000

Year 4                                                                                                     1,000,000

Year 5                                                                                                       1,000,000

Year 6                                                                                                       2,500,000   

Explanation / Answer

Anwer to 1 Project M Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Cash outlflow -2,000,000 Cash Inflow                   -          500,000        500,000      500,000      500,000      500,000 Cash Inflow -Net -2,000,000        500,000        500,000      500,000      500,000      500,000 Discount rate @ 9%            1.000            0.917            0.842           0.772           0.708           0.650 PV of Cash Inflow -2,000,000        458,716        420,840      386,092      354,213      324,966 Cummulative Cash inflow -2,000,000 -1,541,284 -1,120,444    -734,353    -380,140       -55,174 Possitive value of Cash flow    1,944,826 IRR Project M sqrt ( 1944826/2000000)-1 = -1.39% Project N Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Cash outlflow -2,200,000 Cash Inflow                   -          600,000        600,000      600,000      600,000      600,000 Cash Inflow -Net -2,200,000        600,000        600,000      600,000      600,000      600,000 Discount rate @ 9%            1.000            0.917            0.842           0.772           0.708           0.650 PV of Cash Inflow -2,200,000        550,459        505,008      463,310      425,055      389,959 Cummulative Cash inflow -2,200,000 -1,649,541 -1,144,533    -681,223    -256,168      133,791 Possitive value of Cash flow    2,333,791 IRR Project N sqrt ( 2333791/2200000)-1 = 3% B) If both the project are mutaully exclusive, then PVF of the project = $1944826+$2333791 = $ 4278617 IRR of the project sqrt ( 4278617/4200000)-1 = 0.93% The company may accept the both project as it is mutually exclusive and have the positive IRR. C) If both the project are independent, then company should not accept any of the project M, as it has a negative IRR. Answer 2 Restaurant Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Cash outlflow -1,500,000 Cash Inflow                   -          500,000        750,000 2,000,000 Cash Inflow -Net -1,500,000        500,000        750,000 2,000,000                  -                    -   Discount rate @ 12%            1.000            0.893            0.797           0.712           0.636           0.567           0.507 PV of Cash Inflow -1,500,000        446,429        597,895 1,423,560                  -                    -                    -   Cummulative Cash inflow -1,500,000 -1,053,571      -455,676      967,884      967,884      967,884      967,884 Possitive value of Cash flow    2,467,884 IRR Restaurant sqrt ( 2467884/1500000)-1 = 28.27% GYM Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Cash outlflow -2,400,000 Cash Inflow                   -          400,000        600,000      900,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 Cash Inflow -Net -2,400,000        400,000        600,000      900,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 Discount rate @ 12%            1.000            0.893            0.797           0.712           0.636           0.567           0.507 PV of Cash Inflow -2,400,000        357,143        478,316      640,602      635,518      567,427 1,266,578 Cummulative Cash inflow -2,400,000 -2,042,857 -1,564,541    -923,939    -288,421      279,006 1,545,584 Possitive value of Cash flow    2,679,006 IRR GYM sqrt ( 2679006/2400000)-1 = 5.65% Here IRR of resturant business is better than the GYM, it is advisable to invest in Restaurant