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Why do you build a DCF analysis to value a In theory, a company is worth the Present Value of its expected future cash
company? flows: Company Value = Cash Flow / (Discount Rate - Cash Flow Growth
Rate), where Cash Flow Growth Rate < Discount Rate But you can't just use
this single formula because a company's Cash Flow Growth Rate and
Discount Rate change over time. So, in a Discounted Cash Flow analysis,
you divide the valuation into two periods: One where those assumptions
may change (the explicit forecast period) and one where they stay the
same (the Terminal Period). You then project the company's cash flows in
both periods and discount them to their Present Values based on the
appropriate Discount Rate(s). You compare this sum - the company's
Implied Value - to its Current Value or "Asking Price" to see if it's valued
appropriately.




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Walk me through a DCF analysis. A DCF values a company based on the Present Value of its Cash Flows in
the explicit forecast period plus the Present Value of its Terminal Value. You
start by projecting the company's Free Cash Flows over the next 5 - 10
years by making assumptions for the revenue growth, margins, Working
Capital, and CapEx. Then, you discount the cash flows using the Discount
Rate, usually the Weighted Average Cost of Capital, and sum up everything.
Next, you estimate the Terminal Value using the Multiples Method or the
Gordon Growth Method; it represents the company's value after those first
5 - 10 years into perpetuity. You then discount the Terminal Value to Present
Value using the Discount Rate and add it to the sum of the company's
discounted cash flows to get its Implied Enterprise Value. Finally, you add
Cash and subtract Debt (and add/subtract all other relevant line items) to
get the Implied Equity Value, divide by the share count to get the Implied
Share Price, and compare this to the company's Current Share Price.




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