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19-4 Investment Appraisal

This calculator uses the discounted cash flow (DCF) method to perform invest-
ment appraisal by totalling cash flow for a fixed period. This calculator can perform
the following four types of investment appraisal.

• Net present value (

NPV

)

• Net future value (

NFV

)

• Internal rate of return (

IRR

)

• Pay back period (

PBP

)

A cash flow diagram like the one shown below helps to visualize the movement of
funds.

CF

0

CF

1

CF

2

CF

3

CF

4

CF

5

CF

6

CF

7

With this graph, the initial investment amount is represented by

CF

0

. The cash

flow one year later is shown by

CF

1

, two years later by

CF

2

, and so on.

Investment appraisal can be used to clearly determine whether an investment is
realizing profits that were originally targeted.

u

NPV

NPV

= CF

0

+ + + + … +

(1+ i)

CF

1

(1+ i)

2

CF

2

(1+ i)

3

CF

3

(1+ i)

n

CF

n

n

: natural number up to 254

u

NFV

NFV

= NPV

× (1 + i )

n

u

IRR

0 = CF

0

+ + + + … +

(1+ i)

CF

1

(1+ i)

2

CF

2

(1+ i)

3

CF

3

(1+ i)

n

CF

n

In this formula,

NPV

= 0, and the value of

IRR

is equivalent to

i

× 100. It should be

noted, however, that minute fractional values tend to accumulate during the
subsequent calculations performed automatically by the calculator, so

NPV

never

actually reaches exactly zero.

IRR

becomes more accurate the closer that

NPV

approaches to zero.

i

=

100

I

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