Payback period calculator

Enter your initial investment and cash flows to see how long it takes to pay the investment back — with even amounts or year-by-year figures. Nothing is uploaded.

Currency symbol

Initial investment

Annual cash flow

—Payback period

—Total cash flows entered

—Recovered?

Everything runs in your browser. No upload, no sign-up.

How it works

STEP 1

Enter the investment

Type the upfront amount you put in and pick a currency symbol.

STEP 2

Add the cash flows

Use one even annual amount, or switch to uneven and enter each year.

STEP 3

See the payback

The payback period in years is worked out instantly — the final year is interpolated. All private.