Pay-back period (PP) - The easiest financial parameter to calculate is simple payback, which is defined as the capital cost divided by the average annual savings . Using Payback has some benefits:
- - it is easy to calculate; - it is a tangible value ( years ); - it does not require any assumptions about the project timing and lifetime , or interest rates.
Pay-back period (PP) Pay-back period (PP)– Payback period is the time in which the initial cash outflow of an investment is expected to be recovered from the cash inflows generated by the investment. It is one of the simplest investment appraisal techniques. - The formula to calculate payback period of a project depends on whether the cash flow per period from the project is even or uneven. In case they are even, the formula to calculate payback period is:
Payback Period =
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Initial Investment
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Cash Inflow per Period
| When cash inflows are uneven, we need to calculate the cumulative net cash flow for each period and then use the following formula for payback period: - When cash inflows are uneven, we need to calculate the cumulative net cash flow for each period and then use the following formula for payback period:
- In the above formula, A is the last period with a negative cumulative cash flow; B is the absolute value of cumulative cash flow at the end of the period A; C is the total cash flow during the period after A
- Both of the above situations are applied in the following examples.
Pay-back period = A +
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B
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C
| Example 1: Even Cash Flows Company C is planning to undertake a project requiring initial investment of $105 million. The project is expected to generate $25 million per year for 7 years. Calculate the payback period of the project. - Example 1: Even Cash Flows Company C is planning to undertake a project requiring initial investment of $105 million. The project is expected to generate $25 million per year for 7 years. Calculate the payback period of the project.
- Solution: Payback Period = Initial Investment ÷ Annual Cash Flow = $105M ÷ $25M = 4.2 years
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