A project has cash flows of -$131,000, $60,800, $62,300 and $75,000 for years 0 to 3, respectively. The required rate of return is 15.0 percent. What is the profitability index?
Profitability Index (PI) = PV of Inflows / PV of outflow
If PI is greater than 1, then the project has positive NPV and it is acceptable.
Year | Outflow | Inflows | Discounting factor @ 15% | PV of Outflows | PV of Inflows |
0 | 131,000.00 | 1.0000 | 131,000.00 | ||
1 | 60,800.00 | 0.8696 | 52,869.57 | ||
2 | 62,300.00 | 0.7561 | 47,107.75 | ||
3 | 75,000.00 | 0.6575 | 49,313.72 | ||
Total | 131,000.00 | 149,291.03 |
Profitability Index = PV of inflows / PV of outflows = 149291.03/131000 = 1.1396
Therefore project is acceptable
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