Question

Borghia Pharmaceuticals has $1 million allocated for capital expenditures. a. Which of the following projects should the company accept to stay within the $1 million budget? b. How much does the budget limit cost the company in terms of its market value? The opportunity cost of capital for each project is 11%. Borghia Pharmaceuticals Investment NPV IRRProject ($ Thousands) ($ Thousands) (%)1 300 66 17.22 200 -4 10.73 250 43 16.64 100 14 12.15 100 7 11.86 350 63 187 400 48 13.5

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

a)

With a limited budget, the firm will first pursue projects with the highest return, and the allocate the remaining capital to the project with the second highest return, and so on until all capital is fully allocated. Based on the information, Project 6 has the highest return, followed by 1 and 3. These three projects together will cost:

350,000 + 300,000 + 250,000 = $900,000

After those three projects, the firm will have $100,000 left. The best out of remaining project is 7, but it costs 400,000, which the firm cannot afford. The best affordable project is 4, which offers a return of 12.1%. Hence, the firm should spend the remaining 100,000 on project 4.

b)

The budget limit constraints the firm to give up project 7, which offers a NPV of $48,000. The firm is forced to choose project 4, which has a NPV of $14,000.

Thus the lost in market value of the firm = 48,000 - 14,000 = $34,000.