IRR function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

IRR

Calculates the internal rate of return for a series of periodic cash flows that occur at regular intervals.

 

Syntax

 

IRR(payments; [guess])
payments: The range containing the payments made or received, at regular intervals. Eg., B2:B4
guess: The value that you guess is close to the result. Defaults to 0.1 if omitted. Eg., 20% or 0.2

 

Remarks

  • You can use XIRR function to find the internal rate of return for cash flows at irregular intervals.


Examples  

 

Formula

Result

=IRR(B2:B4)

-0.5

=IRR(B2:B5;0.2)

-0.084689305


Get a hands-on experience of the function in the embedded range below. 



Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

 

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