Index for Investment Profitability
Compare future cash inflows after discounting with first cost.
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Profitability index value
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Formula
Use PI = Σ Cₜ/(1+r)^t / I for periods after the first investment. Cₜ na future inflow, r na discount rate per period as fraction, and I na starting cost. The ratio compare discounted inflows with that cost.
Compare future cash inflows after discounting with first cost.
Example wey show the calculation
- Cost wey you pay first
- 1000
- Future cash inflows, from period 1 onward
- 400, 400, 400
- Discount rate for each period (%)
- 0
- Profitability index value
- 1.2
- Net value after discounting to today
- 200
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