Millennium Plc has £60,000 to spend on capital investment projects.
There is currently a choice of three projects: Meeney, Miney and Mo. It
will choose one of Meeney or Miney or Mo. The initial capital outlay is on
fixed assets with a five-year life. The cost of capital is 10 %.
Meeney Miney Mo
£ £ £
Initial capital outlay 60,000 30,000 30,000
Inflows Outflows Inflows Outflows Inflows Outflows
Year £ £ £ £ £ £
1 52,000 32,000 32,000 15,000 12,000 4,000
2 58,000 24,000 22,000 16,000 10,000 3,000
3 54,000 21,000 19,000 1 4,000 16,000 4,000
4 4,000 5,000 20,000 13,000 14,000 3,000
5 4,000 2,500 6,000 3,000 1 2,000 2,000
Required a calculation of:
(i) The payback period
(ii) The accounting rate of return
(iii) The net present value, and
(iv) The internal rate of return (use 20% discount rate).