What is the profitability index for an investment with the f
What is the profitability index for an investment with the following cash flows given a 9% required return?
Year Cash Flow -$21,500 $ 7,400 $9,800 $ 8,900
Solution
PI = 1 + 409.89/21,500 = 1.02
| Discount rate | 9.0000% | ||
| Cash flows | Year | Discounted CF= cash flows/(1+rate)^year | Cumulative cash flow |
| (21,500.00) | 0 | (21,500.00) | (21,500.00) |
| 7,400.000 | 1 | 6,788.99 | (14,711.01) |
| 9,800.000 | 2 | 8,248.46 | (6,462.55) |
| 8,900.000 | 3 | 6,872.43 | 409.89 |
