Additionally, firms with larger capital budgets tend to favor
NPV and IRR. The vast majority of respondents agree that WACC is the best starting
point to determine the appropriate discount rate. Popular supplemental methods include
sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, inflation adjusted cash flows, economic value
added, and incremental IRR. It will be interesting to track the progression of MIRR over
the next decade to see if this technique gains more acceptance, especially for those firms
with large capital budgets.