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Payback Period Calculator

Estimate how long cumulative cash flows take to recover an investment.

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Payback period
3.33 years
undiscounted cash-flow recovery
Initial investment$25,000.00
First-year cash flow$7,500.00
Growth assumption0%

This is a simple payback estimate and does not discount cash flows or account for cash flows after the payback point.

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Estimate how long cumulative cash flows take to recover an investment.

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