Reference no: EM132555205
Giant Machinery Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following Projects to buy a new equipment. Each project will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company's required rate of return for all investment projects is 9%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below:
Project 1 Project 2
Cost $175,000 $185,000
Future Cash Flows
Year 1 76,000 87,000
Year 2 83,000 78,000
Year 3 67,000 69,000
Year 4 65,000 65,000
Year 5 55,000 57,000
Required:
a) Identify which project should the company accept based on NPV method. (Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)
b) Identify which project should the company accept based on simple pay back method if the payback criteria is maximum 2 years.
c) Which project Giant Machinery should choose if two methods are in conflict.