{
  "id": "present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "name": "Present Value of Cash Flows Calculator",
  "shortName": "Present Value of Cash Flows",
  "description": "Discount periodic cash flows to period zero and show each present-value contribution.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "present",
    "value",
    "of",
    "cash",
    "flows",
    "calculator",
    "present value of cash flows calculator"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "new",
  "engine": "native",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "1.0.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-pending",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "2026-09-01",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "urls": {
    "page": "/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/",
    "definition": "/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/definition.json",
    "schema": "/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/schema.json",
    "llms": "/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/?cashFlows=-1000%2C+200%2C+300%2C+400%2C+500&discountRate=5",
  "queryParameters": {
    "cashFlows": {
      "label": "Cash flows by period",
      "type": "text",
      "required": true,
      "default": "-1000, 200, 300, 400, 500"
    },
    "discountRate": {
      "label": "Discount rate per period",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "default": 5
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "cashFlows",
      "label": "Cash flows by period",
      "type": "text",
      "required": true,
      "defaultValue": "-1000, 200, 300, 400, 500",
      "placeholder": "Period 0 first; comma-separated"
    },
    {
      "id": "discountRate",
      "label": "Discount rate per period",
      "type": "percent",
      "required": true,
      "defaultValue": 5,
      "min": -99.99,
      "max": 1000,
      "step": 0.01
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "presentValue",
      "label": "Present value of all cash flows",
      "format": "currency",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "presentValuePositiveFlows",
      "label": "PV of positive flows",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "presentValueNegativeFlows",
      "label": "PV of negative flows",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "undiscountedTotal",
      "label": "Undiscounted total",
      "format": "currency"
    },
    {
      "id": "cashFlowCount",
      "label": "Cash flows",
      "format": "integer"
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "PV = Σ CFₜ ÷ (1+i)^t"
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Reproducible default-input example (not a personal recommendation)",
      "inputs": {
        "cashFlows": "-1000, 200, 300, 400, 500",
        "discountRate": 5
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": []
}