CFA Level 1 Exam - Project Discounted Payback

Project Discounted Payback Calculation

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Lloyd Enterprises has a project, which has the following cash flows:

Year Cash Flows -

0-$200,000

1 50,000

2 100,000

3 150,000

4 40,000

5 25,000

The cost of capital is 10 percent. What is the project's discounted payback?

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Discounted CFCumulative CF -

0-200,000.00-200,000.00

145,454.55-154,545.45

282,644.63-71,900.82

Payback -

3112,697.22+40,796.40

427,320.54+68,116.94

515,523.03+83,639.97

Payback period = 2 years + (71,900.82/112,697.22) = 2.638 years.