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Corporate Finance Interview Questions Excel Template

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Suppose a project has an initial investment of $100 million and has a 5 years life in which the CF generated per year is $25 m
The company assumes that the risk of the project requires a required rate of 13%. We need to calculate
the NPV and decide whether the project is worth investing in.

Particlur Value
r 0.13
Annual CF 25,000,000
Initial Investment 100,000,000
Life (Years) 5

NPV is calculated as the given formula given below


NPV = -CF0 + CF1/(1+r)1 + CF2/(1+r)2 + CF3/(1+r)3 + CF4/(1+r)4 + CF5/(1+r)5

NPV -12069218
he CF generated per year is $25 million.
d to calculate
Suppose for the same project we need to find the IRR. We saw that NPV was negative for a 13% discount rate so the IRR wo
There is no other easier way than hit and trial method to find the exact IRR, without using a financial calculator or Excel or a
computer software. There is an interpolation method but that is also very time consuming and may not result in an exact an

Year CF
0 -100
1 25
2 25
3 25
4 25
5 25

IRR is calculated as the given formula given below


IRR = -CF0 + CF1/(1+IRR)1 + CF2/(1+IRR)2 + CF3/(1+IRR)3 + CF4/(1+IRR)4 + CF5/(1+IRR)5

IRR 7.93%
iscount rate so the IRR would be lower than that.
cial calculator or Excel or any other
ay not result in an exact answer.
The following are the challenges with IRR for a CF stream if there is:
Multiple IRR and No IRR at all. Suppose we have the following CF stream:

Year CF
0 -1700
1 1600
2 1600
3 1600
4 1600
5 -5200

Multiple IRR is calculated as the given formula given below


Multiple IRR = -CF0 + CF1/(1+IRR)1 + CF2/(1+IRR)2 + CF3/(1+IRR)3 + CF4/(1+IRR)4 + CF5/(1+IRR)5

Multiple IRR 6.77%

NPV is Calculated as

Rate NPV
5% ($96.01)
20% $293.51
40% $208.51
60% $39.91
80% ($92.06)

NPV
$350.00
$300.00
$250.00
$200.00
$150.00
$100.00
$50.00
$0.00
($50.00) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
($100.00)
($150.00)
We have the following two projects and their CF stream, The discount rate is 10%.

Year Project A Project B


0 -100 -100
1 50 80
2 80 20
3 30

Calculating the NPV Individually

Year Project A Project B


0 -100 -100
1 50 80
2 80 20
3 30
NPV $10.52 $10.72

Calculating the NPV by Using LCM approach

Year Project A Project B


0 -100 -100
1 50 80
2 -20 20
3 50 -70
4 -20 80
5 50 20
6 80 30
NPV $26.40 -$0.81

Annuity Formula is calculated as

Project A Project B
Annuity $6.06 $6.18
Suppose we are given the following information:

WACC Weight Pre Tax Cost


Equity 0.5 15%
Debt 0.3 8%
Preference Shares 0.2 12%
Tax Rate 25%

WACC is calculated as the given formula given below


WACC  = Weightequity * Costequity + Weightpreference * Costpreference + Weightdebt*Costdebt * ( 1 - Tax Rate)

WACC 11.70%

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