3. Understanding the IRR and NPV The net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) methods of investment analysis are interrelated and are sometimes used together to make capital budgeting decisions. Consider the case of Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc: Last Tuesday, Blue Hamster Manufacturing Inc. lost a portion of its planning and financial data when both its main and its backup servers crashed, The company's CFO remembers that the internal rate of retum (IRR) of Project Zeta is 13.8%, but he cant recall how much Blue Hamster originally invested in the project nor the project's net present value (NPV). However, he found a note that detailed the annual net cash flows expected to be generated by Project Zeta. They are: The CFO has aiked you to comoute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: The CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial imvestment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows - when the cash flows are discounted using the project's IRR. - The level of risk extibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Blue Hamster's 10% WACC. Glven the data and hints, Project Zeta's initial investment is and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole dollar) A project's IRR will If the project's cash inflows increase, and everything else is unaffected. The CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: - A project's 1RR represents the return the project woul in its NPY is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equais the discounted value of its cash outflows-whe 5 are discounted using the project's IRP. - The level of risk exthibited by Project zeta is the same ed by the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Blue Ha ACC. tiven the data and hints, Prolect zetas initial ifvestment is and its Npy is (rounded to the nearest whole dollar). A project's IRR will if the project's cash inflown increase, and everything else is unaffected. CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following ugestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the diicmonted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outflows-when the cash flows are discounted us ct's IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company $853,875 bject, which means that Project Zeta's net cash flows can be discounted using Blue Hamster's 10% WACC. Wiven the data and hints, Project Zeta's initial investment is project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows increase, and everythino else is unaffected. The CFO has asked you to compute Project Zeta's initial investment using the information currently available to you. He has offered the following suggestions and observations: - A project's IRR represents the return the project would generate when its NPV is zero or the discounted value of its cash inflows equals the discounted value of its cash outfiows-when the cash flows are discounted using the project's IRR. - The level of risk exhibited by Project Zeta is the same as that exhibited by the company's average project, which means that Project Zeta's neticash flows can be discounted using Elue Hamster's 10% WACC. Given the data and is initial investment is and its NPV is (rounded to the nearest whole doilar). A project's IRR will if the project's cash inflows increase, and evervthing else is unaffected