FM Group Discussion for Mid-Term Exam – Caselet for Section I

Shankar Jaikishan Enterprises is in the Groceries business and is considering two projects with identical
initial investments of Rs 6,00,000, but different expected future cash flows. As the table below shows,
the expected cash flows for Project A drop over time, but rise for Project B. The firm requires a 10%
return on its investments and is trying to decide on the feasibility of investing in these two projects.

Year Project A Rank Project B Rank

0 -6,00,000 -6,00,000
1 4,20,000 1,20,000
2 3,60,000 3,00,000
3 1,20,000 6,00,000
NPV @ 10% ₹ 1,54,087.84 2 ₹ 1,88,921.52 1
IRR 29% 1 25% 2
MIRR @ 10% Reinvestment Rate 20% 2 21% 1

Advise the company in view of the conflicting results (rankings) provided by different approaches.