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