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L List , Explain and give advantages and disadvantages of the following methods

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List , Explain and give advantages and disadvantages of the following methods

a.Pay back Period

b.Accounting Rate of Return

c.Net Present Value

d.Profitability Index

e.Internal Rate of Return

Simply Chocolate Company is considering two possible expansion plans.Proposal X involves opening five stores in North Carolina at a cost of $2,400,000. Under Proposal Y, the company would focus on Virginia and open six stores at a cost of $3,000,000. The following information is given for the two proposals:

Proposal XProposal Y

Required investment$2,400,000$3,000,000

Estimated life10 years10 years

Estimated residual value$200,000$200,000

Estimated annual net cash flows$450,000$580,000

Required rate of return14%14%

Based on the above following problem,

Required: for each proposal, you are asked tocalculate

Pay back Period

Accounting Rate of Return

Net Present Value

Profitability Index

Indicate which proposal is the better investment.

Explanation / Answer

Internal Rate of Return:
Advanatges: COnsiders time value of money
Disadvanatges: Sometimes Gives conflicting rankings and difficult to use

Payback Period:
Advantages:Easy to calculate
Disadvantages:Ignores time value of money
Proposal X=2400000/450000=5.33 years
Proposal X=3000000/580000=5.172 years


Depreciation for Proposal X=(2400000-200000)/10=220000
Depreciation for Proposal Y=(3000000-200000)/10=280000
Accounting rate of return:
Proposal X=(450000-220000)/2400000=9.5833%
Proposal Y=(580000-280000)/3000000=10%

Net Present Value:
Advantages: Considers time value of money
Disadvantages: Difficult to use
Proposal X=-2400000+450000/0.14*(1-1/1.14^10)+200000/1.14^10=1200.803
Proposal Y=-3000000+580000/0.14*(1-1/1.14^10)+200000/1.14^10=79295.84

Profitability Index:
Advantages: Considers all cash flows and also considers time value of money
Disadvanatges: Sometimes gives COnflicting decisions while Comparison of mjutually exclusive projects
Proposal X=1+1200.803/2400000=1.0005
Proposal Y=1+79295.84/3000000=1.026432

Proposal Y is the better investment