Assumption | Input |
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Discount Rate | |
Perpetual Growth Rate | |
Beta | |
Tax Rate | |
Risk-Free Rate |
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Free Cash Flows |
Discounted Free Cash Flows |
% Growth |
The discount rate is typically determined by calculating the firm's Weighted Average Cost of Capital, or WACC (See the WACC section to see full steps to calculate the WACC). Investors use WACC as a representation of the expected Required Rate of Return from their investment in the company.
If you have entered your own value, the Discount Cash Flow calculation will be based off of your provided value for the discount rate.
Years |
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Free Cash Flows |
% Growth |
Years |
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Free Cash Flows |
Discounted Free Cash Flows |
% Growth |
Weight | Cost | W x C | |
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Equity | NA | NA | NA |
Debt Cost | NA | NA | NA |
WACC | NA |
Effective Tax Expense | NA |
Effective Tax Rate | NA |
(1 - Effective Tax Rate) | NA |
Short Term Debt | NA |
Long Term Debt | NA |
Total Debt | NA |
Cost Of Debt | NA |
Market Cap | NA | NA | |
ST Debt | NA | NA | |
LT Debt | NA | NA | |
Total | NA | NA |
Risk Free Rate | NA |
Beta | NA |
Expected Market Return | NA |
Cost Of Equity | NA |
The first part of the formula is cost of equity. Cost of equity is the required rate of return companies expect to pay out to equity investors. Many models can be used to estimate this cost, but the basic model used is the Capital Asset Pricing model (CAPM). CAPM is defined as the following: