The following question is from my study guide from finance, it is ungraded. However, I am unable to figure it out. Thank you for your help!
JBL Co. has designed a new conveyor system. Management must choose among three alternative courses of? action: (1) The firm can sell the design outright to another corporation with payment over 2 years. ? (2) It can license the design to another manufacturer for a period of 5 years, its likely product life. (3) It can manufacture and market the system? itself; this alternative will result in 6 years of cash inflows. The company has a cost of capital of 12.1%. Cash flows associated with each alternative are as shown in the following table.
Alternative Sell License Manufacture
Initial Investment 200,200 200,000 449,000
Year Cash inflows
1 200,800 251,000 199,100
2 249,500 99,900 240,000
3 - 79,000 199,100
4 - 60,500 199,100
5 - 39,300 199,100
6 - 199,100
a. Calculate the net present value of each alternative and rank the alternatives on the basis of NPV.
b. Calculate the annualized net present value? (ANPV) of each alternative and rank them accordingly.
c. Why is ANPV preferred over NPV when ranking projects with unequal? lives?