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Filter Corp. has a project available with the following cash flows:
Year Cash Flow 0 −$14,000 1 6,200 2 7,500 3 4,900 4 4,500 What is the project's IRR?
Calculation of Projects IRR | |||||
Year | Cashflows | Discounting factor for 25.48% | Present value@8% | Discounting factor for 30% | Present value@30% |
0 | -14000 | 1 | -14000 | 1 | -14000 |
1 | 6200 | 0.796939751 | 4,941.03 | 0.769230769 | 4,769.23 |
2 | 7500 | 0.635112967 | 4,763.35 | 0.591715976 | 4,437.87 |
3 | 4900 | 0.50614677 | 2,480.12 | 0.455166136 | 2,230.31 |
4 | 4500 | 0.403368481 | 1,815.16 | 0.350127797 | 1,575.58 |
NPV | - | -987.01 | |||
IRR | 25.48% | ||||
IRR Explaination:- | |||||
Internal rate of return is the rate where NPV of the project is zero. To calculate IRR, we should set NPV is equal to zero and solve for discount rate which is the IRR. | |||||
Using trial and error method we guessed the discounting rate to be 25.48% . |