How to Use present value in a Sentence

present value

noun

• The price of the bond will be equal to the present value of the payment.
  — Rick Miller, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• The present value of those future profits are worth less as yields rise.
  — Fortune, 28 Aug. 2022
• Add that to the cost in present value of any energy or other project.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2022
• These stocks could present value with greater upside potential in the long run.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• In terms of net present value, that’s more than matched by a $1 billion bump in synergies.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2019
• Thus, on a present value basis the value may not be substantial.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 6 June 2021
• It’s taken time, but both are starting to show that progress, present value and future upside.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
• The value of an asset equals the present value of the future cash flows available to the owner of that asset.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• This means that as interest rates go up, the present value of a company’s future earnings goes down.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 14 May 2022
• When the risk-free rate is higher, an asset’s present value would be calculated to be lower.
  — Ivan Illán, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Many investors value stocks based on the present value of companies’ future earnings.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022
• Such a pick looks to have the rough equivalent of a very late first-round pick for this year’s draft, which makes sense factoring in the present value of the pick.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• The forums let any staff present value propositions that demonstrated how their work was adding value to customers.
  — Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• Slow or no economic growth doesn’t bode well for profits, and inflation eats away at the present value of future earnings.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
• Or, what is all the same thing, the present value of future policy-holder claims to be paid, plus the insurer’s profit.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Future earnings have a higher present value at a lower rate because they are discounted back at a lower rate.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
• Savvy appraisers know that the present value of an average solar system now adds more value to the home than the cost of the system.
  — WSJ, 15 May 2018
• At a capitalization rate of zero, the present value of a penny a year is infinite.
  — WSJ, 22 Sep. 2020
• Discount rates are interest rates that businesses use to compute the present value of various cash flows.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2021
• Next on that list is last year's top pick, Hall, who has an easy delivery, as well as three pitches with present value and projection to dream on.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 5 June 2018
• Ohtani’s contract has a net present value (NPV) of roughly $46 million a year.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• The ministry also sent out an order to announce revisions in the rates of the net present value that is levied for the diversion of forest lands.
  — Mayank Aggarwal, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2022
• In calculating the net present value, the owner should use an appropriate discount rate.
  — Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
• That’s more like $20 million based on the value of today’s dollars, a calculation known as net present value.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• The model looks at the rate of earnings growth for a company over a certain period and then discounts those earnings into present value.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Like all retrogrades, we’re called to pause and reflect during this time, but in the case of Venus, themes of our past and present values and relationships.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
• The lump sum is equal to 70% of the difference between the net present value of their current adjustment and the net present value of a reduced one.
  — Mary Wagoner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
• Hastings is estimated to own about 1% of Netflix’s stock, worth over $2 billion at present value.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
• The Cowen analysts used a discount rate of 10% to compute the present value of their free cash flow forecasts for Amazon.
  — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• The equations of quantum dynamics allow physicists to predict the future values of the wave function, given its present value.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Sep. 2015