Investment appraisal

1.

Investment appraisal is the process of determining whether an expected return is sufficient to justify the investment required to achieve that return, given the risk and the time delay associated with the expected return.

2.

Investment appraisal can also refer to a more comprehensive process of analysis and decision making about potential investments including - but broader than - the quantified analysis in 1. above.

See also

• Discounted cash flow
• Internal rate of return
• Investment
• Net present value
• Payback
• Present value
• Return
• Return on capital employed
• Time value of money