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Discounted payback

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Discounted payback
The length of time needed to recoup the present value of an investment.


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The seminars will also examine allocating company resources according to a prioritised list of projects as well as identifying project evaluation and analysis techniques including the discounted payback method, internal rate of return, net present value and profitability index.
Assuming it requires a capital investment of $15 million to build the facility, a simple discounted payback calculation will approximate the financial breakeven point and net present value of the alternative.
As do Graham and Harvey (2001) we use a variety of capital budgeting techniques: discounted cash flow techniques like the IRR, NPV, adjusted present value (APV) (see Brealey and Myers, 2003), discounted payback period, profitability index, and hurdle rates; next to price earnings multiples, book rates of return; and then more advanced methods like sensitivity analysis, real options, and value at risk.
 
 
 
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