You are deciding between two mutually exclusive investment opportunities. Both require the same initial investment of $9.6 million. Investment A will generate $1.95 million per year? (starting at the end of the first year) in perpetuity. Investment B will generate $1.45 million at the end of the first year, and its revenues will grow at 2.2% per year for every year after that.
a. Which investment has the higher IRR?
b. Which investment has the higher NPV when the cost of capital is 7.3%??
c. In this case, when does picking the higher IRR give the correct answer as to which investment is the best opportunity?