Discover how to calculate internal rate of return (IRR) to evaluate investment opportunities and understand their potential returns.

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

Return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) are two important metrics used in evaluating investments. However, each metric is calculated differently and tells a different story. ROI ...

As a real estate private equity firm operating in the multifamily acquisition space, my company receives an abundance of feedback and questions regarding our predictive financial modeling. One of the ...

Eagle-eyed watchers of Deloitte’s annual reports on Big Pharma will have noticed a depressing trend—ever-increasing costs for developing drugs over the past decade as the return on investment sinks. A ...

A hurdle rate is the minimum acceptable rate of return an investor expects from an investment, accounting for all associated risks. It serves as a benchmark for determining the viability of a project ...

Do you feel lost trying to decide what to invest in? What if you had a tool to help you identify the best potential path forward? That’s how you can look at the internal rate of return (IRR): as a ...