A project has an initial cost of $17,800 and produces cash inflows of $7,200, $8,900, and $7,500 over three years, respectively. What is the discounted payback period if the required rate of return is 16 percent?
Discounted Payback Period is the time required to generate sufficient present value of future cash flow which equals the initial cost of the project.
Initial Cost = $17800
Required Rate of return = 16%
Year | Future Cashflow | PV of Future Cashflow | Cumulative Cashflow | Time Utilized |
1 | 7200 | 7200/(1+0.16)^1 = 6206.90 | 6206.90 | 1 |
2 | 8900 | 8900/(1+0.16)^2 = 6614.15 | 12821.05 | 1 |
3 | 7500 | 7500/(1+0.16)^3 = 4804.93 | 17625.98 | 1 |
Cost to recover = 17800 - 17625.98 =174.02
We have utilized all the cash flows but still, the cost of capital is not recovered
Hence we need more than 3 years to cover the cost which is higher than the timeline of the project.
Discounted Payback period = More than 3 years
Hence this project should not be accepted.
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