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Crossover Rate Calculator

Enter the initial cost and yearly cash flows of two projects to find their crossover rate.

How to use

  1. Enter your values in the fields above.
  2. Press Calculate to see your result instantly.
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About this calculator

The crossover rate is the discount rate at which two mutually exclusive investment projects produce the same net present value (NPV) — below it one project wins, above it the ranking flips. It's found by computing the incremental cash flow (Project A minus Project B) for each period, then solving for the internal rate of return (IRR) of that difference stream; where the incremental IRR crosses zero is the crossover rate.

Corporate finance students and capital budgeting analysts use the crossover rate to explain why NPV and IRR rankings can disagree between two projects of different size or cash flow timing — a classic scenario in CFA and MBA coursework. Plotting both projects' NPV profiles against the discount rate and finding where the lines intersect shows management exactly which cost of capital threshold flips the correct project choice, which matters directly when a firm's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) sits near that crossover point.

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