January 2017
Beginner
500 pages
147h 53m
English
Although the NPV investment criterion makes the most sense in theory, in practice financial managers use a number of criteria to evaluate investment opportunities. Criteria that we explore in this section include the profitability index, internal rate of return, modified internal rate of return, and payback period.
The profitability index (PI) is a cost-benefit ratio equal to the present value of an investment’s future cash flows divided by its initial cost:3
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