net present value

British  

noun

1.  NPV.  accounting an assessment of the long-term profitability of a project made by adding together all the revenue it can be expected to achieve over its whole life and deducting all the costs involved, discounting both future costs and revenue at an appropriate rate

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Example Sentences

“At spot gold prices of US$4,831/oz, we see 82% upside to our net present value for Northern Star,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even with $30 million deferred, Tucker is now the highest-paid player in MLB history by average salary, with the net present value of his deal coming in at $57 million a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

We found that none of the airports would install a heated runway because it wouldn’t yield a positive net present value of benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal

For every $1 a company currently spends on AI infrastructure such as graphics processing units, he said, the estimated net present value is just 20 cents.

From MarketWatch

Each dollar invested in generative AI infrastructure yields about 20 cents of net present value, compared to $1.40 for cloud 1.0.

From Barron's