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Project L costs $40,000, its expected cash inflows are $10,000 per year for 10 years, and its WACC is 10%. What is the project's payback? Round your answer to two decimal places.
Note: As it is not mentioned which Payback is to be calculated, Both, Simple and Discounted Payback are calculated.
Simple Payback Period(when Cash Flow is SAME each year) = Initial Cost/Annual Cash Flow = 40000/10000 = 4 years
Year | Cash Flow |
Discounted Cash Flow [Cash Flow/(1.1^year)] |
Cumulative Cashflow [current cash flow + all previous cashflows] |
1 | 10000 | 9090.909091 | 9090.909091 |
2 | 10000 | 8264.46281 | 17355.3719 |
3 | 10000 | 7513.148009 | 24868.51991 |
4 | 10000 | 6830.134554 | 31698.65446 |
5 | 10000 | 6209.213231 | 37907.86769 |
6 | 10000 | 5644.739301 | 43552.60699 |
As Initial Outlay is 40000, it will be
recoverd in between year 5 & 6. Therefore, Payback Period will be between 5th and 6th year. |
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Payback Period will be 5 years +
proportionate of 6th
year Payback Period = 5+[(40000-37907.86769)/(43552.60699-37907.86769)] |
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Discounted Payback Period = 5.37 years |