Finance.Npv Method

FinanceNpv Method

Returns the net present value of a stream of equal periodic cash flows, which are subject to a given discount rate.

Namespace: Imsl.Finance
Assembly: ImslCS (in ImslCS.dll) Version: 6.5.2.0

Syntax

public static double Npv(
	double rate,
	double[] eqCashFlow
)

Public Shared Function Npv ( 
	rate As Double,
	eqCashFlow As Double()
) As Double

public:
static double Npv(
	double rate, 
	array<double>^ eqCashFlow
)

static member Npv : 
        rate : float * 
        eqCashFlow : float[] -> float

rate: Type: SystemDouble
A double which specifies the interest rate per period.
eqCashFlow: Type: SystemDouble
A double array of equally-spaced cash flows.

Type: Double
A double which specifies the net present value of the investment.

Remarks

It is found by solving the following:

$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{count} {{{\it value}_i} \over {\left( {1 + {\it rate}} \right)}^i }$

where ${\it value}_i$ = the th cash flow.