Comparing Investments Using Internal Rate
Of Return And Net Present Value
   
 
  Investment 1 Investment 2  
Life in years  
Initial investment outlay  
Annual net after-tax cash flows  
IRR 22% 20%  
  Best IRR  
       
PV 379,079 614,457  
NPV 92,679 195,257    
  Best NPV  
   
   
  Assumptions  
Rate  
         
Example from "Cost Accounting", page 724   
by Charles T. Horngren and George Foster  
Prentice-Hall 1991  

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