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managers use to identify those projects that add to the firms value and such as the most important decision take a finance managers and their staff. Capital Budgeting is the process of determining which real investment projects should be accepted and given an allocation of funds from the firm.
strategic long-term investment decisions. Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing, evaluating, and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization.
resources Have long-term implications for the firm Involve uncertainty and risk for the firm
Due to the above factors, capital budgeting Any firm that does not follow the capital
decisions become critical and must be evaluated very carefully. budgeting process will not be maximizing shareholder wealth. interests of shareholders.
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difference that it considers time value of money oThe amount of time needed to recover initial investment given the present value of cash inflows oKeep adding the discounted cash flows till the sum equals initial investment
flows oThe amount of value added by a project oNPV equals the present value of cash inflows minus initial investment
Example There are two projects A & B Dis @ 10% , Outflow 2000
3
4
600
500
Calculation Project A
Yea r 1 2 3 4 inflow Dis @10% Yea r 455 496 676 342 1962 2000 -38
Calculation Project B
inflow Dis @10%
1
2 3 4
800
600 600 500
0.909
0.826 0.751 0.683 P.V - outflow N.P.V
727
496 451 342 2016 2000 16
project A
There is a project A NPV is less than the outflow . The project should be rejected.
project B
There is a project A NPV is more than the outflow . The project should be accepted.
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