// FUTURE VALUE CALCULATOR

Future Value Calculator

Calculate the future value of a present amount with chosen rate, term, and compounding frequency.

// INPUTS
1 = annual, 4 = quarterly, 12 = monthly, 365 = daily
// OUTPUT
FUTURE VALUE
₹1,07,946.25
GROWTH MULTIPLE2.16×
GAIN₹57,946

// FORMULA

// FORMULA
FV = PV × (1 + r / m) ^ (m × n)
m = compounding frequency per year, n = years.

// EXAMPLE

// WORKED OUT
₹50,000 at 8%, monthly compounding (m = 12), 10 years:
  FV = 50000 × (1 + 0.08/12) ^ 120
     = 50000 × 2.2196
     = ₹1,10,981

// WHAT THIS MEANS

Future value is the same compounding formula you have seen all through these calculators, just with a knob for compounding frequency. More frequent compounding gives a slightly higher result for the same nominal rate, but the gap is small in most realistic cases.

// FAQ

How much does compounding frequency change the answer?+
Going from annual to monthly compounding at 8% over 10 years lifts the result by roughly 3%. From monthly to continuous lifts it by less than 0.5%.
Is FV the same as CAGR?+
Closely related. CAGR works backwards from FV and PV to find the rate; FV works forwards from a rate to a value.

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