What corporate decision metric evaluates the number of years required for discounted cash inflows to fully recover initial capital investment?
ASimple Payback Period
BDiscounted Payback Period
CInternal Rate of Return
DNet Present Value
Explanation
• Discounted Payback Period calculates exact time required for cumulative present value cash inflows to offset initial cash outlays.
• Unlike Simple Payback Period, Discounted Payback incorporates the Time Value of Money.
• However, it still fails to consider cash flows that occur after the payback threshold is reached.
Exam Relevance
- Topic: Corporate Finance
- Subtopic: Capital Budgeting

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