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internal rate of return

British

noun

an interest rate giving a net present value of zero when applied to the expected cash flow of a project. Its value, compared to the cost of the capital involved, is used to determine the project's viability

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It said the $10 billion fund was oversubscribed, and that its predecessors have generated a 13% net internal rate of return since 2007.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

My picks have an internal rate of return of more than twice that amount, and are less volatile than the market.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The fund offers attractive 9.7% dividend yields and hold-to-maturity internal rate of return of 7.4%, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Haissl said AWS is better-positioned than Azure because Amazon uses its custom Trainium chips to run AI workloads, leading to a higher internal rate of return as it avoids paying third-party chip suppliers.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

But Thomas H. Lee eventually earned a 34 percent internal rate of return from it.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

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