Financing Decisions

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Working Capital ROI Calculator

Enter the capital you plan to deploy, what the financing costs, and the return you expect from it, whether that is an early-payment discount, growth, or a large order. See whether the move actually pays.

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Financing Decisions
1.68%Worth it at these terms
Return on capital deployed
$4,200Net benefit
156.3 monthsPayback
$19,200Gross benefit

A 2% early-payment discount saves $19,200 a year, leaving $4,200 net after the $15,000 cost of the capital.

What you get

Whether the capital earns more than it costs

Every dollar you deploy has a price and a purpose. Enter the capital amount, the financing cost to raise it, and the use case, whether that is an early-payment discount you can capture, a growth investment, or a large order you want to take on. The calculator shows the return net of financing, so you can tell the moves that pay from the ones that only look busy.

  • Return on your actual capital, net of what the financing costs
  • Compares an early-payment discount, growth, or a large order on the same terms
  • Shows the spread between the return and the cost of the money

The tool

Run your numbers

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Working-capital ROI

Is this capital worth deploying?

Weigh the net benefit against the cost of the capital, and see the return and payback on what you put to work.

Capital deployed
$
Cost of the capital · flat dollar cost
$
What you'd use it for
Early-payment discount
%
Monthly supplier spend
$

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The Flow

One working-capital decision every other week. Which asset to borrow against, what a facility costs all-in, or how to make payroll before your customer pays, in a two-minute read.

Bi-weekly. 26 issues a year.