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module CashFlowAnalysis
  module Calculator
    module Cagr
      # Calculates the {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_annual_growth_rate CAGR} based on a start value, end value, and a term.
      #
      # @param start_value [Numeric] the start value
      # @param end_value [Numeric] the end value
      # @param years [Fixnum] the number of years
      # @return [Numeric] the year over year growth rate
      def self.calculate(start_value, end_value, years)
        ((end_value.to_f / start_value) ** (1.0 / (years))) - 1
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
cash_flow_analysis-0.2.0	lib/cash_flow_analysis/calculator/cagr.rb
cash_flow_analysis-0.1.0	lib/cash_flow_analysis/calculator/cagr.rb