DCF

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

  • purpose is to estimate value of an investment based on the future cash flow the company will have.
  • if the return value of the formula is above the stock price, consider investment
  • DCF loses relevance when:
    1. the project is complex
    2. the growth rate is high (since high growth rate can't be sustained)
      • this point might be heavily contested if one were to consider the high-growth of a stock like Apple or Microsoft
  • can be used to value any type of investment (ex. PP&E)