Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting 4th Edition by Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen, Dan Heitger

Exercise 69

For competing projects, NPV is preferred to IRR because
A) maximizing IRR maximizes the wealth of the owners.
B) in the final analysis, relative profitability is what counts.
C) choosing the project with the largest NPV maximizes the wealth of the shareholders.
D) assuming that cash flows are reinvested at the computed IRR is more realistic than assuming that cash flows are reinvested at the required rate of return.
E) of all of the above.