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Mastery Problem: Cash Payback and Average Rate of Return (Advanced)
Companies use capital investment analysis to evaluate long-term investments. Capital investment evaluation methods that do not use present values are (1) Average rate of return method and (2) Cash payback method.
Methods that do not use present value
One category of capital investment evaluation methods does not use present value. The primary difference between the category of methods that do use present value and this category is that this category does not take the time value of money into account. The basic premise of the time value of money is that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow.
True or False: Considering the fact that most firms use methods
from each category, it can be concluded that both categories have
value.
True
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Cash Payback Method
This method identifies how long it will take (in years) to recover the initial investment . The particulars of the method vary depending on whether the cash flows from an investment are even or uneven.
Cash Payback Method (Even cash flows)
Suppose that a particular investment required an up-front capital outlay of $100,000. This investment is expected to yield cash flows of $50,000 per year for 10 years. What is the payback period for this investment? If required, round your answer to two decimal places.
Cash Payback Period = $ / $ = years
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Payback Period (Uneven cash flows)
When the annual cash flows are unequal, the payback period is computed by adding the annual cash flows until such time as the original investment is recovered. If a fraction of a year is needed, it is assumed that cash flows occur evenly within each year.
The steps for determining the payback period with uneven cash flows is as follows:
+ Explanation of Time Needed for Payback with uneven cash flows Note: For each year in which the unrecovered investment meets or exceeds the annual cash flow, this is 1. For years in which the annual cash flow exceeds the unrecovered investment, this is the unrecovered investment divided by the annual cash flow for that year.
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Compute the time needed for payback for the following example assuming the investment required an up-front capital outlay of $100,000 and the uneven annual cash flows for each year are provided in the table. If an amount is zero, enter "0". For the time needed for payback, enter your answer to one decimal place, if less than one year (i.e. 0.2, 0.5, etc.).
Year | Unrecovered Investment (Beginning of year) |
Annual Cash Flow | Time Needed for Payback | ||
1 | $100,000 | $10,000 | 1 year | ||
2 | 20,000 | ||||
3 | 30,000 | ||||
4 | 40,000 | ||||
5 | 50,000 |
Total time needed for payback (to the nearest tenth of a year) = years
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Average Rate of Return
The average rate of return is another method that does not use present value and is commonly used in making capital investment decisions. Unlike the cash payback method, the average rate of return focuses on income rather than cash flow.
Assume that the investment involves an initial outlay of $100,000 with a five-year useful life and no salvage value under straight-line depreciation. The revenues are as follows: Year 1 - $10,000, Year 2 - $20,000, Year 3 - $30,000, Year 4 - $40,000 and Year 5 - $50,000.
Use the minus sign to indicate a net loss. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
Year | Revenues | Expenses | Net Income | |||
Year 1 Net Income (loss) | = | $ | - | $ | = | $ |
Year 2 Net Income (loss) | = | - | = | |||
Year 3 Net Income (loss) | = | - | = | |||
Year 4 Net Income (loss) | = | - | = | |||
Year 5 Net Income (loss) | = | - | = |
Total Net Income (five years) = $
Average Net Income = |
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= $ |
Average Rate of Return = |
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= % |
a | Calculation of Payback Period | ||||
Yr | Un recovered Investment | Annual Cash Flow | Cumulative Cash Flow | Time Needed for payback | |
beginning of yr | |||||
1 | $100,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 1 yr | |
2 | $20,000 | $30,000 | 2 yr | ||
3 | $30,000 | $60,000 | 3 yr | ||
4 | $40,000 | $100,000 | 4 th yr is the payback period | Initial Investment/Cumulative Cash Flows | |
5 | $50,000 | $150,000 | |||
b | Calculation of Average Rate of Return | ||||
Calculation of Net Income | |||||
Yr | Revenue | Expenses | Net Income | ||
1 | $10,000 | $20,000 | ($10,000) | ||
2 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | ||
3 | $30,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | ||
4 | $40,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | ||
5 | $50,000 | $20,000 | $30,000 | ||
Total Earnings | $50,000 | ||||
Estimated life | $5 | ||||
Average Net Income | Total Earnings/Estimated Life | $10,000 | |||
ARR | (Annual Average Net Earnings after Tax /Average Investment over the life of the project)*100 | 20% | |||
$10000/$50000*100 | |||||
Average Investment | (Initial Investment-salvage value)/2 | ||||
$100000/2 | |||||
$50,000 | |||||
Calculation of Depreciation | |||||
Depreciation | Initial Outlay -Salvage value/no of yrs | ||||
Straight Line Basis | ($100000-0)/5 | ||||
$20,000 |