The Pinkerton Publishing Company is considering two mutually exclusive expansion

plans. Plan A calls for the expenditure of $50 million on a large-scale, integrated plant
that will provide an expected cash flow stream of $8 million per year for 20 years. Plan
B call for the expenditure of $15 million to build a somewhat less efficient, more labor-
intensive plant that has an expected cash flow stream of $3.4 million per year for 20
years. The firm's cost of capital is 10%.

a.) Calculate each project's NPV and IRR.

The cash flows for the projects are

Plan A Plan B
Initial Investment -50 -15 million
Annual cash flow 8 3.4 million
Period 20 20 years
Discounting Rate 10% 10%
PV of cash flows $68.11 $28.95 Using the PV function
NPV $18.11 $13.95 NPV = PV of cash flows - initial investment
IRR 15.03% 22.3% Using RATE function

c.) Graph the NPV profiles for Plan A, Plan B

NPV
Rate Plan A Plan B We calculate the NPVs at different discounting rates and make the graph
0% $110.00 $53.00
4% $58.72 $31.21
8% $28.55 $18.38
12% $9.76 $10.40
16% ($2.57) $5.16
20% ($11.04) $1.56
24% ($17.12) ($1.03)
28% ($21.63) ($2.94)
32% ($25.10) ($4.42)

NPV Profile
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$60.00
$40.00 Plan A
NPV

Plan B
$20.00
$0.00
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($40.00)
0% 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% 24% 28% 32%
Rate
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$20.00
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0% 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% 24% 28% 32%
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g rates and make the graph

Plan A
Plan B
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