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XNPV

This function calculates the net present value for a schedule of cash flows that may not be periodic.

Syntax

XNPV(rate, values, dates)

Arguments

This function has these arguments:

Argument

Description

rate

[Required] Discount rate to apply to the cash flows

values

[Required] Series of cash flows that correspond to a schedule of payments in dates. The first payment is optional and corresponds to a cost or payment that occurs at the beginning of the investment

dates

[Required] Schedule of payment dates that correspond to the cash flow payments in values

Remarks

Numbers in dates are truncated to integers. A #VALUE! error is returned if any argument is non-numeric or if any date is invalid.

  • If a number in dates precedes the starting date, a #NUM! error is returned.

  • If values and dates have a different number of values, a #NUM! error is returned.

Examples

XNPV(0.09,B2:B6,C2:C6)