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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

Different types of discount rates such as risk-free rate, cost of equity, or cost of debt, are used contextually in financial analysis. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method uses the discount rate to consider all future cash flows of a business when calculating its current value.

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Moonshots

Reynolds Holding

Managers who anticipate these agency problems won’t invest in a moonshot even if they believe it has a positive net present value. But managers can’t properly motivate the employees by rewarding them with the company’s stock, because its price wouldn’t track the value of the moonshot alone.

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M&A Terms Every Business Owner Should Know

Class VI Partner

You may hear Asset Value used in place of Book Value, but this is not precisely correct because Book Value includes not only Asset Value, but also subtracts the value of liabilities of a company. It is typically the highest risk/highest potential return portion of a company’s capital structure.

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The Role of Financial Projections in Business Valuation

Equilest

Balance Sheet Forecasts Balance sheet forecasts outline the expected assets, liabilities, and equity of a company at a future date. They provide insights into the financial position, capital structure, and overall worth of the business. The resulting net present value represents the estimated value of the business.

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Modeling Managers as EPS Maximizers

Reynolds Holding

In business schools, managers are taught to maximize the net present value (NPV) of future cash flows. We can broadly classify firms’ corporate behaviors into two categories: growth and value firms. Growth firms will issue equity to pay for acquisitions; value firms won’t.

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Discounted-Cash-Flow-Analysis: Your Complete Guide with Examples

Valutico

This value is widely referred to as the “Net Present Value” (NPV). . which produces a Net Present Value of the Terminal Value of: $74 million. . So the Terminal Value here is three times as large! Ce = Cost of Equity. Rm – Rf) = Equity Market Risk Premium. B = Beta.