13 June 2010

Tutorial: Basic Internal Rate of Return, IRR, Calculation and Explanation

First of all, let's assume

P = present
F = Future
A = Annual
W = Worth
N = number of year


Basically, two equations are involved in this tutorial
1. PW = FW (P|F, IRR , N)
2. (P|F,IRR, N) = 1/(1 + IRR)^N

(1 + IRR)^N means (1 + IRR) to power N.

 Example 1:

1. Let present worth, PW in a six years cash flow is:
present worth, PW = -(capital) + (annual return)(P|A,IRR,6) + (book value)(P|F,IRR,6).

2. Let's say in trial and error approach with different value of IRR, you found that,
PW1 = positive value when IRR = 20%
PW2 = negative value when IRR = 25%

therefore, obviously, IRR is between 20% to 25%

3. Now, one can using a linear interpolation to find approximation of IRR since the IRR is between 20% to 25%.


Example 2:

What is the IRR for the case of PW is $180,000.00, period is 30years, and the return is $455996 after the end of period?

First method : Manually calculation

1.  present worth, PW =  (FW)(P|F,IRR,N).

PW = $180,000.00
N = 30
FW =  $455,996.00

2. (P|F,IRR,N) = PW / FW = 0.3947

3. (P|F,IRR,30) = 1/(1 + IRR)^30 = 0.3947

4. (1 + IRR)^30 = 2.5336

5. IRR = 0.03147 or 3.147%

Second Method: Trial and Error + reference table

1. (P|F,IRR,30) = PW / FW = 0.3947

2. From reference table, we can found that,

(P|F,3%,30) = 0.4120
(P|F,4%,30) = 0.3083

Therefore, IRR is between 3% and 4%.

3. Using linear interpolation,

we have (3% - 4%) / (0.4120 - 0.3083) = (IRR - 4%) / (0.3947 - 0.3083)

As a result, the IRR from second method approach is 3.1668%

Note: The first method is limited to simple calculation like example 2. The second method is more popular since it is workable almost every question.

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

ya i know IRR is return rate...but i cant understand is at First method...PW / FW = u get this answer>> 0.3947...but how come>>
3. (P|F,IRR,30) = 1/(1 + IRR)^30 = 0.3947 ?? due at IRR there u no put any % rate so how u count it??
4. (1 + IRR)^30 = 2.5336 this 1 also i can understand how u get 2.5336...due at IRR there also no put out % rate so how to count it...
sry maybe i got misunderstanding some parts..i will try to read..if really cant understand will wait u post up the solution...
i check back my excel that was find out 0.03147 the answer same like u...but show out is 3%...maybe excel not show the decimal point...
thank you very much for ur answer...

Xaivier Chia said...

1.
PW = $180,000.00
N = 30
FW = $455,996.00

PW/FW = $180,000.00/$455,996.00 = 0.3947

2.(P|F,IRR,30) = PW/FW = 0.3947 ---(1)//First equation

3.(P|F,IRR,30)= 1/(1 + IRR)^30 ---(2)//second equation

From 2 and 3, (P|F,IRR,30) = PW/FW = 0.3947 = 1/(1 + IRR)^30

or 0.3947 = 1/(1 + IRR)^30

Next, IRR is in term of percentage, so, not need to mention. In other words, if you get IRR = 0.02, it means 2%.

Again, from above, 0.3947 = 1/(1 + IRR)^30

(1 + IRR)^30 = 1/0.3947 = 2.5336

Yes, you can adjust your Excel to display 4 decimal for accuracy purpose.

Unknown said...

ok...wat i understand is 0.3947 = PW180000/FW455996...

so in this fomular>>1/(1 + IRR)^30 = we count like this>>PW/FW fight?

and after that going 2nd step on fomular is (1 + IRR)^30 = 1/0.3947>>this is a fixed rule right?

so that mean in here>> 4. (1 + IRR)^30 = 2.5336
we count like this>>1/0.3947(no need look at ^30)right??

n finally is how we get this>> 5. IRR = 0.03147 or 3.147%??
2.5336 got any use at here? the mean is use 2.5336 count out 0.03147?? so how is it...i hv blur in here...

this>>(3% - 4%) / (0.4120 - 0.3083) = (IRR - 4%) / (0.3947 - 0.3083) need to Using linear interpolation to find out?? i try to learn linear interpolation at wikipedia if hv no understand i ask u ok??

and u havent post it how to count about this >>(if at first year put in 180000 until end of the year return 455996 the IRR 3% is difference with annual payment with 6000per yrs until end of the year return 455996 IRR 5%...)

thank you so much...

Xaivier Chia said...

Actually there are a lot of methods. But I'm used to using this method.

From equation (1 + IRR)^30 = 2.5336

You should get IRR after using some mathematics calculation. Hmm... For example, you can use log to solve this mathematics equation to get IRR.

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If you still cannot get "linear interpolation", I will try to prepare a post about it when you require next time.

You are welcome.

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