Fin Model Class2 Excel NPV Irr, Mirr Slides
Fin Model Class2 Excel NPV Irr, Mirr Slides
Fin Model Class2 Excel NPV Irr, Mirr Slides
Fall 2019
Bruce Tavel
Financial Modeling: Advanced Excel: NPV, IRR, MIRR
• Companies and investors often need to make capital budgeting / investment
decisions, to compare the cost to the value. One method is to compute the
present value of the cash flows the asset is expected to generate. Once this value
is determined the company / investor can decide whether to invest in the asset
by comparing its computed value to how much the asset costs to purchase.
Following this decision making procedure helps ensure that value is maximized
and that appropriate choices are made between alternative project
opportunities.
• The interest rate used as discount rate of return is often known as the cost-of-
capital, a minimum acceptable rate investors expect, a benchmark for new
investments. It may simply be the cost of borrowing money or it may be the
desired rate of return for the company / investor.
Financial Modeling: Advanced Excel: NPV, IRR, MIRR (cont’d)
• Net Present Value
NPV = F(0) +F(1)*(1+i)^(-1) + F(2)*(1+i)^(-2)+…+F(n)*(1+i)^(-n)
where: F(t) = expected cash flow at time t
i = cost of capital, discount rate, per period
Our sample problem, in spreadsheet, shows an IRR = 18.00% but when we use a reinvestment rate of 10% the MIRR = 15.98 %
MIRR = ( Future Value of positive cash flows / Present Value of all negative cash flows )^(1/n) - 1
Hence the MIRR here is less than the IRR, as expected.
The MIRR is simply the IRR calculation but we have modified the cash flows into a new set of cash flows using more
realistic rates of reinvestment and discount.