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Capital budgeting for Business

Make better capex decisions in minutes

CapBud is an NPV, IRR, Payback and PI calculator built for Capital budgeting projects – from classroom cases to real investment proposals.

Free, browser‑based tool for finance faculty, students and decision makers who want transparent DCF analysis without spreadsheets.

Optimised for cash flows
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Designed by Finance faculty

Why CapBud works better than a spreadsheet

Award‑winning finance sites keep decisions simple: one page, clear numbers, and no clutter. CapBud follows the same philosophy for capital budgeting.

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Built for Capital budgeting projects

Model capex, working capital and tax shields directly in $ with timing conventions that match corporate practice.

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All core methods in one place

NPV, IRR, discounted payback and profitability index appear on a single, clean dashboard so decisions are easier to explain.

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Scenario & sensitivity ready

Adjust discount rates, growth and salvage values on the fly to show best‑, base‑ and worst‑case outcomes in class or in meetings.

Who uses CapBud

Inspired by modern finance SaaS landing pages, CapBud focuses on three core user groups and their capital budgeting needs.

🎓 MBA & engineering students – practice NPV/IRR with realistic Business cases.
👩‍🏫 Faculty – demonstrate DCF live without wrestling with Excel during lectures.
🏭 SMEs & startups – sanity‑check plant, store or product investments quickly.
“CapBud helps my students see the full story behind NPV, not just a final number. The interface feels like a modern finance app rather than a worksheet.” – Finance faculty user

How CapBud works

Following patterns from award‑winning calculator pages, the flow is reduced to three steps so anyone can run a project in under two minutes.

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Enter project cash flows Type initial outlay, yearly net cash flows, salvage value and working capital movements in rupees.
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Set risk and horizon Choose your discount rate, project life and tax rate to reflect business risk and financing.
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Review decision dashboard See NPV, IRR, payback and PI at a glance, then export summary tables to PDF or Excel for your files.