17. The Seattle Corporation has been presented with an investment opportunity that will yield cash flows of $30,000 per year in Years 1 through 4, $35,000 per year in years 5 through 9, and $40,000 in Year 10. This investment will cost the firm $150,000 today, and the firm's cost of capital is 10 percent. Assume cash flows occur evenly during the year, 1/365th each day. What is the regular payback period (not the discounted payback) for this investment?
answer: 4.86 years
how to get that answer, is there any shortcut on financial calculator?
Project | ||
Year | Cash flow stream | Cumulative cash flow |
0 | -150000 | -150000 |
1 | 30000 | -120000 |
2 | 30000 | -90000 |
3 | 30000 | -60000 |
4 | 30000 | -30000 |
5 | 35000 | 5000 |
6 | 35000 | 40000 |
7 | 35000 | 75000 |
8 | 35000 | 110000 |
9 | 35000 | 145000 |
10 | 40000 | 185000 |
Payback period is the time by which undiscounted cashflow cover the intial investment outlay | |||||
this is happening between year 4 and 5 | |||||
therefore by interpolation payback period = 4 + (0-(-30000))/(5000-(-30000)) | |||||
4.86 Years |
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