NVP AND IRR Task
NVP AND IRR Task
NVP AND IRR Task
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2020-I
NPV AND IRR EXERCISES
Suppose that you are in the real estate business. You are considering construction of an office
block. The land would cost $50,000, and construction would cost a further $300,000. You
foresee a shortage of office space and predict that a year from now you will be able to sell the
building for $400,000. Thus you would be investing $350,000 now in the expectation of
realizing $400,000 at the end of the year.
A) If the opportunity cost of capital were 8%, is the real state project a good
business?
X * (1+ r) = 400000
X*(1+0.08) = 400000
X = 400000/1.08
X = 370370.370
Here, we have to invest 370370.370 in order to get 400000 at the end of 1 year.
In this case it is a good business because you get more in one year than the money that
you invest, so you get utilities.
NPV = PV – $355,000
NPV = $2,143
Comment:
Therefore, the project is still worth pursuing. The project is viable as long as
construction costs are less than the PV of the future cash flow, that is, as long as
construction costs are less than $357,143.
However, if the opportunity cost of capital is 20 percent, the PV of the $400,000 sales
price is lower and NPV is negative:
PV = $400,000 × 1/1.2
PV = $333,333
NPV = PV – $355,000
NPV= –$21,667.
The present value of the future cash flow is not as high when the opportunity cost of
capital is higher. The project would need to provide a higher payoff in order to be
viable in the face of the higher opportunity cost of capital.
C) If you expect to receive a rent of $ 16,000 during three years and you expect to
sell the building at $ 475,000 at the third year, calculate IRR.
The details of cost incurred and cash inflows year wise as follows :
IRR =14.87%