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<p>The <b>net present value</b> (<b>NPV</b>) or <b>net present worth</b> (<b>NPW</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-netpresworth_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netpresworth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a way of measuring the value of an asset that has cashflow by adding up the <a href="Present_value" title="Present value">present value</a> of all the future <a href="Cash_flow" title="Cash flow">cash flows</a> that asset will generate. The present value of a cash flow depends on the interval of time between now and the cash flow because of the <a href="Time_value_of_money" title="Time value of money">Time value of money</a> (which includes the <a href="Annual_effective_discount_rate" title="Annual effective discount rate">annual effective discount rate</a>). It provides a method for evaluating and comparing capital projects or <a href="Financial_product" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial product">financial products</a> with cash flows spread over time, as in <a href="Loan" title="Loan">loans</a>, <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investments</a>, payouts from <a href="Insurance_contract" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance contract">insurance contracts</a> plus many other applications.

</p><p><a href="Time_value_of_money" title="Time value of money">Time value of money</a> dictates that time affects the value of cash flows. For example, a lender may offer 99 cents for the promise of receiving $1.00 a month from now, but the promise to receive that same dollar 20 years in the future would be worth much less today to that same person (lender), even if the payback in both cases was equally certain. This decrease in the current value of future cash flows is based on a chosen <a href="Rate_of_return" title="Rate of return">rate of return</a> (or discount rate). If for example there exists a <a href="Time_series" title="Time series">time series</a> of identical cash flows, the cash flow in the present is the most valuable, with each future cash flow becoming less valuable than the previous cash flow. A cash flow today is more valuable than an identical cash flow in the future<sup id="cite_ref-Berk,_DeMarzo_p._94_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berk,_DeMarzo_p._94-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because a present flow can be invested immediately and begin earning returns, while a future flow cannot.

</p><p>NPV is determined by calculating the costs (negative cash flows) and benefits (positive cash flows) for each period of an investment. After the cash flow for each period is calculated, the present value (PV) of each one is achieved by discounting its future value (see <a href="#Formula">Formula</a>) at a periodic rate of return (the rate of return dictated by the market). NPV is the sum of all the discounted future cash flows.

</p><p>Because of its simplicity, NPV is a useful tool to determine whether a project or investment will result in a net profit or a loss. A positive NPV results in profit, while a negative NPV results in a loss. The NPV measures the excess or shortfall of cash flows, in present value terms, above the cost of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a theoretical situation of unlimited <a href="Capital_budgeting" title="Capital budgeting">capital budgeting</a>, a company should pursue every investment with a positive NPV. However, in practical terms a company's capital constraints limit investments to projects with the highest NPV whose cost cash flows, or initial cash investment, do not exceed the company's capital. NPV is a central tool in <a href="Discounted_cash_flow" title="Discounted cash flow">discounted cash flow</a> (DCF) analysis and is a standard method for using the <a href="Time_value_of_money" title="Time value of money">time value of money</a> to appraise long-term projects. It is widely used throughout <a href="Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, <a href="Financial_analysis" title="Financial analysis">financial analysis</a>, and <a href="Financial_accounting" title="Financial accounting">financial accounting</a>.

</p><p>In the case when all future cash flows are positive, or incoming (such as the <a href="Bond_(finance)#principal" title="Bond (finance)">principal</a> and <a href="Coupon_(bond)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coupon (bond)">coupon payment</a> of a <a href="Bond_(finance)" title="Bond (finance)">bond</a>) the only outflow of cash is the purchase price, the NPV is simply the PV of future cash flows minus the purchase price (which is its own PV). NPV can be described as the "difference amount" between the sums of discounted cash inflows and cash outflows. It compares the present value of money today to the present value of money in the future, taking <a href="Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a> and returns into account.

</p><p>The NPV of a sequence of cash flows takes as input the cash flows and a discount rate or discount curve and outputs a present value, which is the current <a href="Fair_price" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair price">fair price</a>. The converse process in discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis takes a sequence of cash flows and a price as input and as output the discount rate, or <a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">internal rate of return</a> (IRR) which would yield the given price as NPV. This rate, called the <a href="Yield_(finance)" title="Yield (finance)">yield</a>, is widely used in bond trading.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formula">Formula</h2></div>

<p>Each cash inflow/outflow is <a href="Discounted" class="mw-redirect" title="Discounted">discounted</a> back to its present value (PV). Then all are summed such that NPV is the sum of all terms:

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<li><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">i</span> is the discount rate, i.e. the <a href="Rate_of_return" title="Rate of return">return</a> that could be earned per unit of time on an <a href="Opportunity_cost" title="Opportunity cost">investment with similar risk</a></li>

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<p>The result of this formula is multiplied with the Annual Net cash in-flows and reduced by Initial Cash outlay the present value, but in cases where the cash flows are not equal in amount, the previous formula will be used to determine the present value of each cash flow separately. Any cash flow within 12 months will not be discounted for NPV purpose, nevertheless the usual initial investments during the first year <i>R</i><sub>0</sub> are summed up a negative cash flow.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The NPV can also be thought of as the difference between the discounted benefits and costs over time. As such, the NPV can also be written as:

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<ul><li><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">B</span> are the benefits or cash inflows</li>

<li><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">C</span> are the costs or cash outflows</li></ul>

<p>Given the (period, cash inflows, cash outflows) shown by (<span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">t</span>, <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle B_{t}}">

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<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathrm {NPV} (i,N)=\sum _{t=0}^{N}{\frac {B_{t}}{(1+i)^{t}}}-\sum _{t=0}^{N}{\frac {C_{t}}{(1+i)^{t}}}}</annotation>

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<p>where:

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<p>The NPV can be rewritten using the net cash flow <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle (R_{t})}">

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</p><p>Inclusion of the <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{0}}">

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Capital_efficiency">Capital efficiency</h2></div>

<p>The NPV method can be slightly adjusted to calculate how much money is contributed to a project's investment per dollar invested. This is known as the capital efficiency ratio. The formula for the net present value per dollar investment (NPVI) is given below:

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example">Example</h3></div>

<p>If the discounted benefits across the life of a project are <span style="white-space: nowrap">$100 million</span> and the discounted net costs across the life of a project are <span style="white-space: nowrap">$60 million</span> then the NPVI is:

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</style><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num"><span style="white-space: nowrap">$100M</span>-<span style="white-space: nowrap">$60M</span></span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den"><span style="white-space: nowrap">$60M</span></span></span>⁠</span> ≈ 0.6667</span></dd></dl>

<p>That is for every dollar invested in the project, a contribution of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$0.6667</span> is made to the project's NPV.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternative_discounting_frequencies">Alternative discounting frequencies</h2></div>

<p>The NPV formula assumes that the benefits and costs occur at the end of each period, resulting in a more conservative NPV. However, it may be that the cash inflows and outflows occur at the beginning of the period or in the middle of the period.

</p><p>The NPV formula for mid period discounting is given by:

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<p>Over a project's lifecycle, cash flows are typically spread across each period (for example spread across each year), and as such the middle of the year represents the average point in time in which these cash flows occur. Hence mid period discounting typically provides a more accurate, although less conservative NPV.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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The NPV formula using beginning of period discounting is given by:

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<p>This results in the least conservative NPV.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_discount_rate">The discount rate</h2></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Annual_effective_discount_rate" title="Annual effective discount rate">Annual effective discount rate</a></div>

<p>The rate used to discount future cash flows to the present value is a key variable of this process.

</p><p>A firm's <a href="Weighted_average_cost_of_capital" title="Weighted average cost of capital">weighted average cost of capital</a> (after tax) is often used, but many people believe that it is appropriate to use higher discount rates to adjust for risk, opportunity cost, or other factors. A variable discount rate with higher rates applied to cash flows occurring further along the time span might be used to reflect the <a href="Yield_curve" title="Yield curve">yield curve</a> premium for long-term debt.

</p><p>Another approach to choosing the discount rate factor is to decide the rate which the capital needed for the project could return if invested in an alternative venture. If, for example, the capital required for Project A can earn 5% elsewhere, use this discount rate in the NPV calculation to allow a direct comparison to be made between Project A and the alternative. Related to this concept is to use the firm's reinvestment rate. Re-investment rate can be defined as the rate of return for the firm's investments on average. When analyzing projects in a capital constrained environment, it may be appropriate to use the reinvestment rate rather than the firm's weighted average cost of capital as the discount factor. It reflects opportunity cost of investment, rather than the possibly lower cost of capital.

</p><p>An NPV calculated using variable discount rates (if they are known for the duration of the investment) may better reflect the situation than one calculated from a constant discount rate for the entire investment duration. Refer to the tutorial article written by Samuel Baker<sup id="cite_ref-slbaker_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slbaker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for more detailed relationship between the NPV and the discount rate.

</p><p>For some professional investors, their investment funds are committed to target a specified rate of return. In such cases, that rate of return should be selected as the discount rate for the NPV calculation. In this way, a direct comparison can be made between the profitability of the project and the desired rate of return.

</p><p>To some extent, the selection of the discount rate is dependent on the use to which it will be put. If the intent is simply to determine whether a project will add value to the company, using the firm's weighted average cost of capital may be appropriate. If trying to decide between alternative investments in order to maximize the value of the firm, the corporate reinvestment rate would probably be a better choice.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Risk-adjusted_net_present_value_(rNPV)">Risk-adjusted net present value (rNPV)</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="RNPV" class="mw-redirect" title="RNPV">rNPV</a></div>

<p>Using variable rates over time, or discounting "guaranteed" cash flows differently from "at risk" cash flows, may be a superior methodology but is seldom used in practice. Using the discount rate to adjust for risk is often difficult to do in practice (especially internationally) and is difficult to do well.

</p><p>An alternative to using discount factor to adjust for risk is to explicitly correct the cash flows for the risk elements using risk-adjusted net present value (<a href="RNPV" class="mw-redirect" title="RNPV">rNPV</a>) or a similar method, then discount at the firm's rate.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_decision_making">Use in decision making</h2></div>

<p>NPV is an indicator of how much value an investment or project adds to the firm. With a particular project, if <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{t}}">

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</p><p>An investment with a positive NPV is profitable, but one with a negative NPV will not necessarily result in a net loss: it is just that the internal rate of return of the project falls below the required rate of return.

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<td>We should be indifferent in the decision whether to accept or reject the project. This project adds no monetary value. Decision should be based on other criteria, e.g., strategic positioning or other factors not explicitly included in the calculation.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advantages_and_disadvantages_of_using_Net_Present_Value">Advantages and disadvantages of using Net Present Value</h2></div>

<p>NPV is an indicator for project investments, and has several advantages and disadvantages for decision-making.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advantages">Advantages</h3></div>

<p>The NPV includes all relevant time and cash flows for the project by considering the <a href="Time_value_of_money" title="Time value of money">time value of money</a>, which is consistent with the goal of wealth maximization by creating the highest wealth for shareholders.

</p><p>The NPV formula accounts for <a href="Cash_flow" title="Cash flow">cash flow</a> timing patterns and size differences for each project, and provides an easy, unambiguous dollar value comparison of different investment options.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The NPV can be easily calculated using modern spreadsheets, under the assumption that the discount rate and future cash flows are known. For a firm considering investing in multiple projects, the NPV has the benefit of being additive. That is, the NPVs of different projects may be aggregated to calculate the highest wealth creation, based on the available capital that can be invested by a firm.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disadvantages">Disadvantages</h3></div>

<p>The NPV method has several disadvantages.

</p><p>The NPV approach does not consider hidden costs and project size. Thus, investment decisions on projects with substantial hidden costs may not be accurate.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relies_on_input_parameters_such_as_knowledge_of_future_cash_flows">Relies on input parameters such as knowledge of future cash flows</h4></div>

<p>The NPV is heavily dependent on knowledge of future cash flows, their timing, the length of a project, the initial investment required, and the discount rate. Hence, it can only be accurate if these input parameters are correct; although, sensitivity analyzes can be undertaken to examine how the NPV changes as the input variables are changed, thus reducing the uncertainty of the NPV.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relies_on_choice_of_discount_rate_and_discount_factor">Relies on choice of discount rate and discount factor</h4></div>

<p>The accuracy of the NPV method relies heavily on the choice of a discount rate and hence <a href="Discounting" title="Discounting">discount factor</a>, representing an i<a href="Risk_premium" title="Risk premium">nvestment's true risk premium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discount rate is assumed to be constant over the life of an investment; however, discount rates can change over time. For example, discount rates can change as the cost of capital changes.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are other drawbacks to the NPV method, such as the fact that it displays a lack of consideration for a project’s size and the <a href="Cost_of_capital" title="Cost of capital">cost of capital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lack_of_consideration_of_non-financial_metrics">Lack of consideration of non-financial metrics</h4></div>

<p>The NPV calculation is purely financial and thus does not consider non-financial metrics that may be relevant to an investment decision.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Difficulty_in_comparing_mutually_exclusive_projects">Difficulty in comparing mutually exclusive projects</h4></div>

<p>Comparing mutually exclusive projects with different investment horizons can be difficult. Since unequal projects are all assumed to have duplicate investment horizons, the NPV approach can be used to compare the optimal duration NPV.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interpretation_as_integral_transform">Interpretation as integral transform</h2></div>

<p>The time-discrete formula of the net present value

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<p>Net present value can be regarded as <a href="Laplace_transform#Formal_definition" title="Laplace transform">Laplace-</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively <a href="Z-transform#Definition" title="Z-transform">Z-transformed</a> cash flow with the <a href="Integral_operator" title="Integral operator">integral operator</a> including the complex number <i>s</i> which resembles to the interest rate <i>i</i> from the real number space or more precisely <i>s</i> = ln(1 + <i>i</i>).

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<p>From this follow simplifications known from <a href="Cybernetics" title="Cybernetics">cybernetics</a>, <a href="Control_theory" title="Control theory">control theory</a> and <a href="System_dynamics" title="System dynamics">system dynamics</a>. Imaginary parts of the <a href="Complex_number" title="Complex number">complex number</a> <i>s</i> describe the oscillating behaviour (compare with the <a href="Pork_cycle" title="Pork cycle">pork cycle</a>, <a href="Cobweb_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobweb theorem">cobweb theorem</a>, and <a href="Phase_shift" class="mw-redirect" title="Phase shift">phase shift</a> between commodity price and supply offer) whereas real parts are responsible for representing the effect of compound interest (compare with <a href="Damping_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="Damping ratio">damping</a>).

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example_2">Example</h2></div>

<p>A corporation must decide whether to introduce a new product line. The company will have immediate costs of 100,000 at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span>. Recall, a cost is a negative for outgoing cash flow, thus this cash flow is represented as −100,000. The company assumes the product will provide equal benefits of 10,000 for each of 12 years beginning at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 1</span>. For simplicity, assume the company will have no outgoing cash flows after the initial 100,000 cost. This also makes the simplifying assumption that the net cash received or paid is lumped into a single transaction occurring <i>on the last day</i> of each year. At the end of the 12 years the product no longer provides any cash flow and is discontinued without any additional costs. Assume that the effective annual discount rate is 10%.

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</msup>

</mrow>

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<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{2}}}}</annotation>

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</math></span><img src="./93906516514cdfbbd5a2ca7ccfcad592a782af0a.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{2}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>8,264.46

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<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{3}}}}</annotation>

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</math></span><img src="./d4be8aa00fee470c5d8506c926ae816b6ae256a9.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{3}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>7,513.15

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{4}}}}</annotation>

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</math></span><img src="./57274419a3b9fd44b53d90a88191ee644dbdd995.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{4}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>6,830.13

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{5}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./02f3222b073048aafdbfca585b62259ef61e5db8.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{5}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>6,209.21

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{6}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./aadcd871f12e69f6bbbb8a3f6831795f3a3fa5e5.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{6}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>5,644.74

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{7}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./926a6fc1eeb2bfc2f82adcaf90d72ee8861556d2.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{7}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>5,131.58

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{8}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./ebb64332b0090e60e6c0847fec59d96bfc901f5d.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{8}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>4,665.07

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{9}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./c2cb3eee97751d343c2a531917d4643d10aee05a.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:11.837ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{9}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>4,240.98

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{10}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./51c53ff5ed22916c80079e350c071d3b588ab950.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:12.659ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{10}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>3,855.43

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{11}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./86f081197e26f78967376596babb909dfa7fd5c9.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:12.659ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{11}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>3,504.94

</td></tr>

<tr>

<mfrac>

<mrow>

</mrow>

<mrow>

<msup>

</mrow>

</msup>

</mrow>

</mfrac>

</mrow>

</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{12}}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./dceeb270498a6c2726565cbeedfcf721be2d2b89.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:12.659ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\frac {10,000}{(1+0.10)^{12}}}}" loading="lazy"></span></td>

<td>3,186.31

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The total present value of the incoming cash flows is 68,136.91. The total present value of the outgoing cash flows is simply the 100,000 at time <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span>.

Thus:

</p>

</mrow>

<mtext>benefits</mtext>

</mrow>

<mtext>costs</mtext>

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</mstyle>

</mrow>

<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \mathrm {NPV} =PV({\text{benefits}})-PV({\text{costs}})}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./e8881ee8ef51d68d1e686b8849c896c367096c64.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:34.453ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \mathrm {NPV} =PV({\text{benefits}})-PV({\text{costs}})}" loading="lazy"></span></dd></dl>

<p>In this example:

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<mtd>

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<annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {NPV} &=68,136.91-100,000\\&=-31,863.09\end{aligned}}}</annotation>

</semantics>

</math></span><img src="./ca45287c345df9b2df6534c77bb9c824881de2dd.svg" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:29.586ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {NPV} &=68,136.91-100,000\\&=-31,863.09\end{aligned}}}" loading="lazy"></span></dd></dl>

<p>Observe that as <i>t</i> increases the present value of each cash flow at <i>t</i> decreases. For example, the final incoming cash flow has a future value of 10,000 at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 12</span> but has a present value (at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span>) of 3,186.31. The opposite of discounting is compounding. Taking the example in reverse, it is the equivalent of investing 3,186.31 at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span> (the present value) at an interest rate of 10% compounded for 12 years, which results in a cash flow of 10,000 at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 12</span> (the future value).

</p><p>The importance of NPV becomes clear in this instance. Although the incoming cash flows (<span class="texhtml">10,000 × 12 = 120,000</span>) appear to exceed the outgoing cash flow (100,000), the future cash flows are not adjusted using the discount rate. Thus, the project appears misleadingly profitable. When the cash flows are discounted however, it indicates the project would result in a net loss of 31,863.09. Thus, the NPV calculation indicates that this project should be disregarded because investing in this project is the equivalent of a loss of 31,863.09 at <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span>. The concept of time value of money indicates that cash flows in different periods of time cannot be accurately compared unless they have been adjusted to reflect their value at the same period of time (in this instance, <span class="texhtml"><i>t</i> = 0</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Berk,_DeMarzo_p._94_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berk,_DeMarzo_p._94-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the present value of each future cash flow that must be determined in order to provide any meaningful comparison between cash flows at different periods of time. There are a few inherent assumptions in this type of analysis:

</p>

<ol><li>The <i>investment horizon</i> of all possible investment projects considered are equally acceptable to the investor (e.g. a 3-year project is not necessarily preferable vs. a 20-year project.)</li>

<li>The 10% discount rate is the appropriate (and stable) rate to discount the expected cash flows from each project being considered. Each project is assumed equally speculative.</li>

<li>The shareholders cannot get above a 10% return on their money if they were to directly assume an equivalent level of risk. (If the investor could do better elsewhere, no projects should be undertaken by the firm, and the excess capital should be turned over to the shareholder through dividends and stock repurchases.)</li></ol>

<p>More realistic problems would also need to consider other factors, generally including: smaller time buckets, the calculation of taxes (including the cash flow timing), inflation, currency exchange fluctuations, hedged or unhedged commodity costs, risks of technical obsolescence, potential future competitive factors, uneven or unpredictable <a href="Cash_flow" title="Cash flow">cash flows</a>, and a more realistic <a href="Salvage_value" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvage value">salvage value</a> assumption, as well as many others.

</p><p>A more simple example of the net present value of incoming cash flow over a set period of time, would be winning a Powerball lottery of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$500 million</span>. If one does not select the "CASH" option they will be paid <span style="white-space: nowrap">$25,000,000</span> per year for 20 years, a total of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$500,000,000</span>, however, if one does select the "CASH" option, they will receive a one-time lump sum payment of approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">$285 million</span>, the NPV of <span style="white-space: nowrap">$500,000,000</span> paid over time. See "other factors" above that could affect the payment amount. Both scenarios are before taxes.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_pitfalls">Common pitfalls</h2></div>

<ul><li>If, for example, the <i>R</i><sub><i>t</i></sub> are generally negative late in the project (<i>e.g.</i>, an industrial or mining project might have clean-up and restoration costs), then at that stage the company owes money, so a high discount rate is not cautious but too optimistic. Some people see this as a problem with NPV. A way to avoid this problem is to include explicit provision for financing any losses after the initial investment, that is, explicitly calculate the cost of financing such losses.</li>

<li>Another common pitfall is to adjust for risk by adding a premium to the discount rate. Whilst a bank might charge a higher rate of interest for a risky project, that does not mean that this is a valid approach to adjusting a net present value for risk, although it can be a reasonable approximation in some specific cases. One reason such an approach may not work well can be seen from the following: if some risk is incurred resulting in some losses, then a discount rate in the NPV will reduce the effect of such losses below their true financial cost. A rigorous approach to risk requires identifying and valuing risks explicitly, <i>e.g.</i>, by actuarial or <a href="Monte_Carlo_method" title="Monte Carlo method">Monte Carlo</a> techniques, and explicitly calculating the cost of financing any losses incurred.</li>

<li>Yet another issue can result from the compounding of the risk premium. R is a composite of the risk free rate and the risk premium. As a result, future cash flows are discounted by both the <a href="Risk-free_rate" title="Risk-free rate">risk-free rate</a> as well as the risk premium and this effect is compounded by each subsequent cash flow. This compounding results in a much lower NPV than might be otherwise calculated. The <a href="Certainty_equivalent" class="mw-redirect" title="Certainty equivalent">certainty equivalent</a> model can be used to account for the risk premium without compounding its effect on present value.</li>

<li>Another issue with relying on NPV is that it does not provide an overall picture of the gain or loss of executing a certain project. To see a percentage gain relative to the investments for the project, usually, <a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">Internal rate of return</a> or other efficiency measures are used as a complement to NPV.</li>

<li>Non-specialist users frequently make the error of computing NPV based on cash flows after interest. This is wrong because it double counts the time value of money. Free cash flow should be used as the basis for NPV computations.</li>

<li>When using Microsoft's Excel, the "=NPV(...)" formula makes two assumptions that result in an incorrect solution. The first is that the amount of time between each item in the input array is constant and equidistant (e.g., 30 days of time between item 1 and item 2) which may not always be correct based on the cash flow that is being discounted. The second item is that the function will assume the item in the first position of the array is period 1 not period zero. This then results in incorrectly discounting all array items by one extra period. The easiest fix to both of these errors is to use the "=XNPV(...)" formula.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software_support">Software support</h2></div>

<p>Many computer-based <a href="Spreadsheet" title="Spreadsheet">spreadsheet</a> programs have built-in formulae for PV and NPV.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>Net present value as a valuation methodology dates at least to the 19th century. <a href="Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Karl Marx</a> refers to NPV as <a href="Fictitious_capital" title="Fictitious capital">fictitious capital</a>, and the calculation as "capitalising," writing:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

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</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The forming of a fictitious capital is called capitalising. Every periodically repeated income is capitalised by calculating it on the average rate of interest, as an income which would be realised by a capital at this rate of interest.</p></blockquote>

<p>In <a href="Mainstream_economics" title="Mainstream economics">mainstream</a> <a href="Neo-classical_economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-classical economics">neo-classical economics</a>, NPV was formalized and popularized by <a href="Irving_Fisher" title="Irving Fisher">Irving Fisher</a>, in his 1907 <i>The Rate of Interest</i> and became included in textbooks from the 1950s onwards, starting in finance texts.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternative_capital_budgeting_methods">Alternative capital budgeting methods</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Adjusted_present_value" title="Adjusted present value">Adjusted present value</a> (APV): adjusted present value, is the net present value of a project if financed solely by ownership equity plus the present value of all the benefits of financing.</li>

<li><a href="Accounting_rate_of_return" title="Accounting rate of return">Accounting rate of return</a> (ARR): a ratio similar to IRR and MIRR</li>

<li><a href="Cost-benefit_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Cost-benefit analysis">Cost-benefit analysis</a>: which includes issues other than cash, such as time savings.</li>

<li><a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">Internal rate of return</a> (IRR): which calculates the rate of return of a project while disregarding the absolute amount of money to be gained.</li>

<li><a href="Modified_internal_rate_of_return" title="Modified internal rate of return">Modified internal rate of return</a> (MIRR): similar to IRR, but it makes explicit assumptions about the reinvestment of the cash flows. Sometimes it is called Growth Rate of Return.</li>

<li><a href="Payback_period" title="Payback period">Payback period</a>: which measures the time required for the cash inflows to equal the original outlay. It measures risk, not return.</li>

<li><a href="Real_option" class="mw-redirect" title="Real option">Real option</a>: which attempts to value managerial flexibility that is assumed away in NPV.</li>

<li><a href="Equivalent_annual_cost" title="Equivalent annual cost">Equivalent annual cost</a> (EAC): a capital budgeting technique that is useful in comparing two or more projects with different lifespans.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjusted_present_value">Adjusted present value</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This paragraph is an excerpt from <a href="Adjusted_present_value" title="Adjusted present value">Adjusted present value</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adjusted_present_value&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

<a href="Adjusted_present_value" title="Adjusted present value">Adjusted present value</a> (APV) is a <a href="Valuation_(finance)" title="Valuation (finance)">valuation method</a> introduced in 1974 by <a href="Stewart_Myers" title="Stewart Myers">Stewart Myers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea is to value the project as if it were all <a href="Corporate_finance#Equity_capital" title="Corporate finance">equity financed</a> ("unleveraged"), and to then add the <a href="Present_value" title="Present value">present value</a> of the <a href="Tax_shield" title="Tax shield">tax shield</a> of <a href="Corporate_finance#Debt_capital" title="Corporate finance">debt</a> – and other side effects.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accounting_rate_of_return">Accounting rate of return</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This paragraph is an excerpt from <a href="Accounting_rate_of_return" title="Accounting rate of return">Accounting rate of return</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accounting_rate_of_return&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

The <a href="Accounting_rate_of_return" title="Accounting rate of return">accounting rate of return</a>, also known as average rate of return, or ARR, is a <a href="Financial_ratio" title="Financial ratio">financial ratio</a> used in <a href="Capital_budgeting" title="Capital budgeting">capital budgeting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ratio does not take into account the concept of <a href="Time_value_of_money" title="Time value of money">time value of money</a>. ARR calculates the <a href="Rate_of_return" title="Rate of return">return</a>, generated from <a href="Net_income" title="Net income">net income</a> of the proposed capital <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investment</a>. The ARR is a percentage return. Say, if ARR = 7%, then it means that the project is expected to earn seven cents out of each dollar invested (yearly). If the ARR is equal to or greater than the required rate of return, the project is acceptable. If it is less than the desired rate, it should be rejected. When comparing investments, the higher the ARR, the more attractive the investment. More than half of large firms calculate ARR when appraising projects.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cost-benefit_analysis">Cost-benefit analysis</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis" title="Cost–benefit analysis">Cost–benefit analysis</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

<p><a href="Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis" title="Cost–benefit analysis">Cost–benefit analysis</a> (CBA), sometimes also called benefit–cost analysis, is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives. It is used to determine options which provide the best approach to achieving benefits while preserving savings in, for example, transactions, activities, and functional business requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A CBA may be used to compare completed or potential courses of action, and to estimate or evaluate the value against the <a href="Cost" title="Cost">cost</a> of a decision, project, or policy. It is commonly used to evaluate business or policy decisions (particularly <a href="Public_policy" title="Public policy">public policy</a>), commercial transactions, and project investments. For example, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must conduct cost–benefit analyses before instituting regulations or deregulations.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 6">: 6 </span></sup>

</p>

<ol><li>To determine if an investment (or decision) is sound, ascertaining if – and by how much – its benefits outweigh its costs.</li>

<li>To provide a basis for comparing investments (or decisions), comparing the total expected cost of each option with its total expected benefits.</li></ol></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internal_rate_of_return">Internal rate of return</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">Internal rate of return</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internal_rate_of_return&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

<a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">Internal rate of return</a> (IRR) is a method of calculating an <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investment</a>'s <a href="Rate_of_return" title="Rate of return">rate of return</a>. The term <i>internal</i> refers to the fact that the calculation excludes external factors, such as the <a href="Risk-free_rate" title="Risk-free rate">risk-free rate</a>, <a href="Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>, the <a href="Cost_of_capital" title="Cost of capital">cost of capital</a>, or <a href="Financial_risk" title="Financial risk">financial risk</a>.</div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modified_internal_rate_of_return">Modified internal rate of return</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="Modified_internal_rate_of_return" title="Modified internal rate of return">Modified internal rate of return</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Modified_internal_rate_of_return&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

The <a href="Modified_internal_rate_of_return" title="Modified internal rate of return">modified internal rate of return</a> (MIRR) is a <a href="Finance" title="Finance">financial</a> measure of an <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investment</a>'s attractiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is used in <a href="Capital_budgeting" title="Capital budgeting">capital budgeting</a> to rank alternative investments of unequal size. As the name implies, MIRR is a modification of the <a href="Internal_rate_of_return" title="Internal rate of return">internal rate of return</a> (IRR) and as such aims to resolve some problems with the IRR.</div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payback_period">Payback period</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This paragraph is an excerpt from <a href="Payback_period" title="Payback period">Payback period</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Payback_period&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

<a href="Payback_period" title="Payback period">Payback period</a> in <a href="Capital_budgeting" title="Capital budgeting">capital budgeting</a> refers to the time required to <a href="Recoupment" title="Recoupment">recoup</a> the <a href="Funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Funds">funds</a> expended in an <a href="Investment" title="Investment">investment</a>, or to reach the <a href="Break-even_(economics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Break-even (economics)">break-even point</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-Payback_period_Marketing_Metrics_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payback_period_Marketing_Metrics-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equivalent_annual_cost">Equivalent annual cost</h3></div>

<div class="excerpt-block"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="Equivalent_annual_cost" title="Equivalent annual cost">Equivalent annual cost</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like "><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equivalent_annual_cost&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt">

<p>In finance, the <a href="Equivalent_annual_cost" title="Equivalent annual cost">equivalent annual cost</a> (EAC) is the cost per year of owning and operating an asset over its entire lifespan. It is calculated by dividing the negative NPV of a project by the "present value of <a href="Annuity_(finance_theory)" class="mw-redirect" title="Annuity (finance theory)">annuity</a> factor":

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</p><p>Alternatively, EAC can be obtained by multiplying the NPV of the project by the "loan repayment factor".

</p><p>EAC is often used as a decision-making tool in <a href="Capital_budgeting" title="Capital budgeting">capital budgeting</a> when comparing investment projects of unequal lifespans. However, the projects being compared must have equal risk: otherwise, EAC must not be used.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECopelandWeston198851_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECopelandWeston198851-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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The technique was first discussed in 1923 in engineering literature,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, as a consequence, EAC appears to be a favoured technique employed by <a href="Engineer" title="Engineer">engineers</a>, while <a href="Accountant" title="Accountant">accountants</a> tend to prefer net present value (NPV) analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982103_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982103-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such preference has been described as being a matter of professional education, as opposed to an assessment of the actual merits of either method.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982108_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982108-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the latter group, however, the <a href="Society_of_Management_Accountants_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Management Accountants of Canada">Society of Management Accountants of Canada</a> endorses EAC, having discussed it as early as 1959 in a published <a href="Monograph" title="Monograph">monograph</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which was a year before the first mention of NPV in accounting textbooks).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982106_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesSmith1982106-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div>

<ul><li><a href="Profitability_index" title="Profitability index">Profitability index</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Tag-along_right" title="Tag-along right">Tag-along right</a></li>

<li><a href="Takeover" title="Takeover">Takeover</a>

<ul><li><a href="Reverse_takeover" title="Reverse takeover">Reverse</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Tender_offer" title="Tender offer">Tender offer</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Debt_restructuring" title="Debt restructuring">Debt restructuring</a></li>

<li><a href="Debtor-in-possession_financing" title="Debtor-in-possession financing">Debtor-in-possession financing</a></li>

<li><a href="Dividend_recapitalization" title="Dividend recapitalization">Dividend recapitalization</a></li>

<li><a href="Financial_sponsor" title="Financial sponsor">Financial sponsor</a></li>

<li><a href="Leveraged_buyout" title="Leveraged buyout">Leveraged buyout</a></li>

<li><a href="Leveraged_recapitalization" title="Leveraged recapitalization">Leveraged recapitalization</a></li>

<li><a href="High-yield_debt" title="High-yield debt">High-yield debt</a></li>

<li><a href="Private_equity" title="Private equity">Private equity</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_finance" title="Project finance">Project finance</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Accretion/dilution_analysis" title="Accretion/dilution analysis">Accretion/dilution analysis</a></li>

<li><a href="Adjusted_present_value" title="Adjusted present value">Adjusted present value</a></li>

<li><a href="Associate_company" title="Associate company">Associate company</a></li>

<li><a href="Business_valuation" title="Business valuation">Business valuation</a></li>

<li><a href="Conglomerate_discount" title="Conglomerate discount">Conglomerate discount</a></li>

<li><a href="Cost_of_capital" title="Cost of capital">Cost of capital</a>

<ul><li><a href="Weighted_average_cost_of_capital" title="Weighted average cost of capital">Weighted average</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Discounted_cash_flow" title="Discounted cash flow">Discounted cash flow</a></li>

<li><a href="Economic_value_added" title="Economic value added">Economic value added</a></li>

<li><a href="Enterprise_value" title="Enterprise value">Enterprise value</a></li>

<li><a href="Fairness_opinion" title="Fairness opinion">Fairness opinion</a></li>

<li><a href="Financial_modeling" title="Financial modeling">Financial modeling</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Free_cash_flow_to_equity" title="Free cash flow to equity">Free cash flow to equity</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Market_value_added" title="Market value added">Market value added</a></li>

<li><a href="Minority_interest" title="Minority interest">Minority interest</a></li>

<li><a href="Mismarking" title="Mismarking">Mismarking</a></li>

<li><a href="Modigliani%E2%80%93Miller_theorem" title="Modigliani–Miller theorem">Modigliani–Miller theorem</a></li>

<li><a href="Real_options_valuation" title="Real options valuation">Real options</a></li>

<li><a href="Residual_income_valuation" title="Residual income valuation">Residual income</a></li>

<li><a href="Stock_valuation" title="Stock valuation">Stock valuation</a></li>

<li><a href="Sum-of-the-parts_analysis" title="Sum-of-the-parts analysis">Sum-of-the-parts analysis</a></li>

<li><a href="Tax_shield" title="Tax shield">Tax shield</a></li>

<li><a href="Terminal_value_(finance)" title="Terminal value (finance)">Terminal value</a></li>

<li><a href="Valuation_using_multiples" title="Valuation using multiples">Valuation using multiples</a></li></ul>

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<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"></span></span> <a href="Outline_of_finance" title="Outline of finance">Outline of finance</a></li></ul>

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