PPMT function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
What is PPMT function in Excel?
PPMT function is one of the Financial functions in Microsoft Excel that returns the payment on the principal for a given period for an investment based on periodic, constant payments and a constant interest rate.
Syntax of PPMT function
PPMT(rate, per, nper, pv, [fv], [type])
The PPMT function syntax has the following arguments:
- Rate: The interest rate per period.
- Per: Specifies the period and must be in the range 1 to nper.
- Nper: The total number of payment periods in an annuity.
- Pv: The present value — the total amount that a series of future payments is worth now.
- Fv(Optional): The future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made. If fv is omitted, it is assumed to be 0 (zero), that is, the future value of a loan is 0.
- Type(Optional): The number 0 or 1 and indicates when payments are due.
| Set type equal to | If payments are due |
| 0 or omitted | At the end of the period |
| 1 | At the beginning of the period |
PPMT formula explanation
Make sure that you are consistent about the units you use for specifying rate and nper. If you make monthly payments on a four-year loan at 12 percent annual interest, use 12%/12 for rate and 4*12 for nper. If you make annual payments on the same loan, use 12% for rate and 4 for nper.
Examples of PPMT function
Steps to follow:
1. Open a new Excel worksheet.
2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1
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| Data | Argument description | |
| 10% | Annual interest rate | |
| 2 | Number of years for the loan | |
| $2,000.00 | Amount of loan | |
| Formula | Description | Result |
| =PPMT(A2/12, 1, A3*12, A4) | Principal payment for month 1 of the loan | ($75.62) |
| Data | Argument description | |
| 8% | Annual interest rate | |
| 10 | Number of years for the loan | |
| $200,000.00 | Amount of loan | |
| Formula | Description (Result) | Live Result |
| =PPMT(A11, A12, 10, A13) | Principal payment for year 10 of the loan | ($27,598.05) |