NPV function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

NPV

Returns the net present value of an investment with a series of varying periodic cash payments and a discount rate.

 

Syntax

 

NPV(discount_rate; payment; [payment1]; ...)

discount_rate: Discount rate of the investment over a period. Eg., 2.3%

payment: Values or ranges containing the payments made at the end of each period. Eg., B2:B5

 

Remarks

  1. You can use XNPV function to find the net present value for cash flows at irregular intervals.


Examples  

 

Formula

Result

=NPV(A2;B2:B5)

$2,401.91

=NPV(A3;B2:B5)

$4,642.86

=NPV(A4;B2;B3;B4;B5)

$194.71


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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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