IRR Calculator

Find the internal rate of return for an initial investment followed by equally spaced, nonnegative cash receipts, including negative-return cases.

Internal rate of return per year8.8963%

Initial investment is negative. Separate later receipts with spaces, commas or newlines; do not use commas inside numbers.

Internal rate of return per year

8.8963%

  • Initial investment$10,000.00
  • Total later receipts$12,000.00
  • Equivalent annual return8.90%

Supports conventional cash flows with one initial outflow. Unequal dates require XIRR; repeated sign changes can produce multiple or missing IRRs and are rejected.

How this was calculated

Find r such that the sum of cash flow at period t divided by (1 + r)^t is zero.

The initial outlay occurs at time zero. Later receipts are equally spaced at period ends.

Formula and method

IRR is the periodic rate that makes net present value zero: sum cash flow at period t divided by (1+r)^t. The initial investment is at time zero. This calculator restricts the series to one initial outflow and later nonnegative receipts so the rate is unique.

Worked example

An initial outlay of $100 followed by a $110 receipt one year later has a 10% IRR. If the receipt is $50 instead, the one-year IRR is −50%.

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Frequently asked questions

Why are later negative cash flows rejected?

Multiple sign changes can produce multiple or no IRRs. This tool deliberately supports the conventional single-outflow case rather than returning one arbitrary root. Unequal calendar dates require a dated cash-flow model.

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