Suppose your firm is considering investing in a project with the cash flows shown below, that the required rate of return on projects of this risk class is 7 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistics for the project are 2.5 and 3.5 years, respectively.
Time: 0 1 2
3 4 5 6
Cash flow: –$4,800 $1,140
$2,340 $1,540 $1,540
$1,340 $1,140
Use the payback decision rule to evaluate this project.
Payback is the time within which cost of project is recovered back. | ||||||||||||
Calculation of Payback Period: | ||||||||||||
Year | Cash Flow | Cumulative Cash Flow | ||||||||||
0 | $ -4,800 | $ -4,800 | ||||||||||
1 | 1,140 | -3,660 | ||||||||||
2 | 2,340 | -1,320 | ||||||||||
3 | 1,540 | 220 | ||||||||||
4 | 1,540 | 1,760 | ||||||||||
5 | 1,340 | 3,100 | ||||||||||
6 | 1,140 | 4,240 | ||||||||||
Payback period | = | 2+(1320/1540) | ||||||||||
= | 2.9 Years | |||||||||||
Calculation of discounted payback period: | ||||||||||||
Year | Cash Flow | Discount factor | Discounted Cash Flow | Cumulative Discounted Cash Flow | ||||||||
a | b | c=1.07^-a | d=b*c | e | ||||||||
0 | $ -4,800 | 1.0000 | -4,800 | -4,800 | ||||||||
1 | 1,140 | 0.9346 | 1,065 | -3,735 | ||||||||
2 | 2,340 | 0.8734 | 2,044 | -1,691 | ||||||||
3 | 1,540 | 0.8163 | 1,257 | -434 | ||||||||
4 | 1,540 | 0.7629 | 1,175 | 741 | ||||||||
5 | 1,340 | 0.7130 | 955 | 1,697 | ||||||||
6 | 1,140 | 0.6663 | 760 | 2,456 | ||||||||
Discounted Payback | = | 3+(434/1175) | ||||||||||
= | 3.4 Years | |||||||||||
On the basis of payback decision, project is not accepted as payback period of 2.9 years is beyond the deadline of 2.5 years. | ||||||||||||
On the basis of discounted payback decision, project is accepted as payback period of 3.4 years is within the deadline of 3.5 years. |
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