Examples of use of net present value
1. After restructuring, the net present value of Argentine debt is lower than that of Brazil or Uruguay.
2. The companies would be required by March 31 to cut costs, restructure debt and obtain concessions from labor sufficient to report a positive net present value.
3. At about 34 cents on the dollar in net–present–value terms, the offer represents the biggest debt reduction achieved by any comparable country.
4. In addition, the March 31 deadline will require the companies to tally all current and expected future costs, weigh them against assets, and show a "positive net present value" –– in other words that they are worth something.
5. By comparison, the "net present value per acre of forest" runs at most $500, said Larry Swanson, director of the O‘Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana.