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1
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Payback period =

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Time taken to recover initial outlay (recorded as X years, Y months)

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Payback period advantages (2)

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  • Good initial screening tool

- Easy to calculate and understand

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Payback period disadvantages (2)

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  • Ignores cashflows after the payback period

- Ignores the time value of money (no discounting of cash flows)

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4
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Accounting rate of return =

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Expressing the average annual cashflows compared to the average capital investment as a %

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5
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ARR formula

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Average annual profits / Average capital investment

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6
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Average annual profits =

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Average pre tax cash flows less annual depreciation

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7
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Average capital investment =

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1/2 x (cost + residual value)

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8
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Accounting rate of return advantage

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Simple to understand

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9
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Accounting rate of return disadvantages (3)

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  • Can’t meaningfully compare to cost of capital
  • Ignores the time value of money
  • Ignores the life of the project
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10
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Net Present Value (NPV) =

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Discounting cashflows to their present value using WACC

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11
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If NPV > 0

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Accept

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12
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If NPV < 0

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Reject

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13
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NPV advantages (3)

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  • Easy to calculate
  • Includes the time value of money
  • Considers all relevant cash flows
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14
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Internal rate of return (IRR)

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Discount rate that gives us NPV = 0 as a percentage

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15
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If IRR > Cost of capital

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Accept

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16
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If IRR < Cost of capital

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Reject

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17
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IRR disadvantages (3)

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  • Can be possible to get more than one IRR
  • Doesn’t provide the magnitude of the increase in wealth from the project (ignores the scale of any project)
  • Can prove misleading where projects are mutually exclusive or if capital is rationed
18
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Cost of preference shares =

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% preference share / market value

19
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Disadvantages with WACC (2)

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  • Difficult to estimate for unlisted companies

- Not possible to calculate for government organisations

20
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Only correct to use the WACC as the discount rate in NPV analysis if (3)

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  • Project being assessed is small relative to the business
  • Existing capital structure will be maintained
  • Project has same risk profile as rest of business
21
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NPV is superior method of investment appraisal because

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It measures the addition the shareholder’s wealth of accepting a new project

22
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Relevant cash flows

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Those cash flows affected by the decision to invest

23
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Relevant cash flows > sunk costs

24
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Relevant cash flows > opportunity costs

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Include the lost contribution

25
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Relevant cash flows > overhead costs

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Additional overheads > include

Central/ arbitrarily apportioned > exclude

26
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Relevant cash flows > Materials

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If replaced > replacement cost
Not replaced > cost = 0
If could have been sold > lost revenue = cost`

27
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Relevant cash flows > Labour

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Idle > cost = 0
Full capacity > cost = contribution lost on work they had to stop doing
Hired specifically for project > cost = salary paid

28
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Relevant cash flows > Machinery

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Purchased outright > cost included

Acquired through loan/ lease > ignore interest payments

29
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Relevant cash flows > Working capital (stock)

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Cash tied up (outflow) -> Cash release (inflow) -> Net effect (for NPV)

30
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Assumption > timing of cash flows

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Unless told otherwise, assume all cash flows received at end of the year

31
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Two impacts of inflation on NPV

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  • Cash flows rise > project more attractive

- Cost of capital (discount rate) rises > project less attractive

32
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Inflate from…

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Following period eg if provided with Year 0/ current year prices, inflate from year 1

33
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Real terms/ current prices

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Ignore inflation

34
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Nominal market

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Include inflation

35
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If one rate of inflation

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Ignore inflation > use real cash flows + real discount rate

36
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If multiple rates of inflation

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Cash flows and cost of capital must be inflated > use nominal cash flows and nominal discount rate

37
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Complications arising when foreign projects are assessed (3)

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  • Discount rates
  • Exchange rates
  • Inflation rates
38
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Approach to international investment appraisal > Approach 1

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1) Forecast projected cash flows
2) Calculate expected forecast exchange rate
3) Convert foreign cash flows to sterling
4) Discount at sterling cost of capital

39
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Approach to international investment appraisal > Approach 2

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1) Forecast projected cash flows
2) Estimate foreign adjusted discount rate
3) Discount foreign cash flows at foreign discount rate
4) Convert NPV into sterling at spot rate

40
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Sensitivity analysis variables (5)

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  • Selling price
  • Sales volume
  • Cost of capital
  • Initial cost
  • Operating costs
41
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Weakness of sensitivity analysis

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  • Can only have one variable > unrealistic
42
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Simulation

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Generates the distributions of the NPVs for each project > the wider the distributions, the higher the risk

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