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You can find payback period by using this calculator when you provide a series of cash flows, and specify the timing of cash flow. The cash flows may make either end or start of period payments, and interest rate is compounded either discretely or continuously.
PP method is used in DCF analysis to evaluate capital investment projects. Investments are analyzed to check whether they provide any returns on the money that is about to be handed out. If the benefits from the investment surpass the expenses incurred then a corporation is more likely to approve of a project. To find the returns you have a number of measures available to you such as NPV, IRR and host of others. Payback period is one such method using which one can find the time required to recover the initial cost of the project. If this time period is less than the target time a company has set forth, then it is wise to make such an investment.
Windows Calculator
You can download an Excel payback period calculator and run it from your Windows 7 and Windows 8 desktop. The download will start once you click on the following screen shot of the tadPP calculator.
Online Calculator
You can use this online payback period calculator while surfing the web. You will have to enter the cash flows and specify the timings of the cash flow payments to find the payback period.