Question

Complete the following table and compute the project’s conventional payback period.(Note: For full credit, complete the entire table. Round the conventional payback period to the nearest two decimal places. If your answer is negative use a minus sign.)

	Year 0	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Expected cash flow	-$5,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,250,000	$1,750,000
Cumulative cash flow
Conventional payback period:	years

The conventional payback period ignores the time value of money, and this concerns Green Caterpillar’s CFO. He has now asked you to compute Beta’s discounted payback period, assuming the company has a 7% cost of capital. Complete the following table and perform any necessary calculations. (Note: Round the discounted cash flow values to the nearest whole dollar, and the discounted payback period to the nearest two decimal places. For full credit, complete the entire table. If your answer is negative use a minus sign.)

	Year 0	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Cash flow	-$5,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,250,000	$1,750,000
Discounted cash flow
Cumulative discounted cash flow
Discounted payback period:	years

Which version of a project’s payback period should the CFO use when evaluating Project Beta, given its theoretical superiority?

The regular payback period

The discounted payback period

One theoretical disadvantage of both payback methods—compared to the net present value method—is that they fail to consider the value of the cash flows beyond the point in time equal to the payback period.

How much value does the discounted payback period method fail to recognize due to this theoretical deficiency?

$3,297,680

$5,140,636

$1,428,521

$2,009,795

Answer 1

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The discounted payback period

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$2,009,795