Tag Archives: Capital budgeting basics

Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) | Capital Budgeting Techniques

Accounting Rate of Return – Capital Budgeting Techniques Accounting rate of return is the project evaluation technique which differs from other capital budgeting techniques because the focus of this technique is average annual net income or accounting income rather than cash flows.  ARR is defined as the ratio of average accounting income to average investment. You will find… Read More »

Difference between Annuity Due and Ordinary Annuity

Annuity Due and Ordinary Annuity – Capital Budgeting Techniques We often encounter situations where we have multiple cash flows of same amount. A very common example of such cash flows is loan repayment plan where borrower is asked to repay the loan by making equal installments over some period of time. Almost all home mortgages, car… Read More »

Independent and Mutually Exclusive Projects

Independent and Mutually Exclusive Projects Understanding of classification of capital budgeting projects plays a crucial role while analyzing viability of projects. What is mutually Independent Projects? A Project whose cash flows have no impact on the acceptance or rejection of other projects is termed as Independent Project (not mutually exclusive). Thus, all such Projects which meet… Read More »

Capital Structure and Cash Flows

Capital Structure and Cash Flows On one hand, operations of the company may help in forecasting of future cash flows but in addition to this, future cash inflows and outflows can also be accessed through company capital structure. A corporation may use different combinations of equity, debt, or mixture of securities to finance its assets… Read More »

Profitability Index

Profitability Index Profitability index (PI) is the ratio of investment to pay off a suggested project. It is a useful capital budgeting technique for grading projects because it measures the value created per unit of investment made by the investor. This technique is also known as Profit Investment Ratio (PIR), Benefit-Cost Ratio and Value Investment… Read More »

Present Value of Multiple Cash Flows

Present Value of Multiple Cash Flows We come across many cases where we have to determine the present value of series of multiple cash flows. There are two ways we can calculate present value of multiple cash flows. Either we discount back individual cash flow at a time, or we can just calculate the present… Read More »

How To Use Financial Calculator?

How To Use Financial Calculator? The financial calculator is considered as easiest and less time-consuming tool for computation of basic as well as advanced financial analysis techniques. A financial calculator is an ordinary calculator featuring few advanced and complex financial formulas so it can compute things like present value etc. financial calculator is really helpful as… Read More »

Financial Management and Capital Budgeting

What is Capital Budgeting? In financial management, Capital budgeting is the process which enables the management to decide which, when and where to make long-term investments. Businesses always look for opportunities that increase shareholder wealth. In capital budgeting, the managers try to figure out investment opportunities that are worth more to the business than they cost… Read More »