Most analysts use Excel to calculate NPV. You can input the present value formula, apply it to each year's cash flows, and then add together each year's discounted cash flows, minus expenditures ...

Learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of your investment projects using Excel's XNPV function.

This article will talk about the underpinning and computation of key financial metrics such as NPV and IRR and how to compute these metrics in Microsoft Excel.