This document summarizes a presentation on a survey and analysis of capital budgeting techniques. The presentation: 1) Surveyed 407 large US firms on their use of capital budgeting techniques like payback period, accounting rate of return, internal rate of return, and net present value. It found the most popular technique was payback period, used by 74% of firms. 2) Analyzed the discount rates used, finding the weighted average cost of capital was most common. The average after-tax discount rate was 11.4%. 3) Found project risk was usually assessed subjectively, with 60% of respondents using subjective judgment for risk assessment.