Brian DeChesare

MAY 3, 2023

Step 4: Discount the Dividends and Terminal Value to Present Value and Add Them This is like the final step of a DCF, but you use the Cost of Equity since the Dividend Discount Model is based on Equity Value, not Enterprise Value. Note that there is no Equity Value to Enterprise Value bridge here.

Dividends 64

Dividends Terminal Value Enterprise Value Equity 64

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

The macro variables that I track on my site relate to the price of risk, a key input into valuation, in both equity and debt markets: US Equity Risk Premiums : The equity risk premium is the price of risk in equity markets.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Market Capitalization Equity Start-ups 52

Equilest

MARCH 17, 2022

We note that the higher the expected rate (in other words, the greater the risk is perceived as necessary, to the point of requiring a substantial "risk premium"), the lower the multiple that will apply and therefore the lower valuation: we buy cheaper which is less safe. 11% per year. 10% per year. RCAI, RN, CIF.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation EBIT EBITDA Discounted Cash Flow 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

When valuing or analyzing a company, I find myself looking for and using macro data (risk premiums, default spreads, tax rates) and industry-level data on profitability, risk and leverage. I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. Debt breakdown 2.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An Optimizing Tool In my second and third data posts for this year, I chronicled the effects of rising interest rates and risk premiums on costs of equity and capital. In computing the latter, I used the current debt ratios for firms, but made no attempt to evaluate whether these mixes were "right" or not.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Valutico

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Rf = Risk-free Rate. Rm – Rf) = Equity Market Risk Premium. Cp = Cost of Equity Premium. Discount the Terminal Value. . Add up all the figures you have to arrive at the Net Present Value. Depending on the exact methodology and discount rate used, this could be the Enterprise Value or Equity Value.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Terminal Value Weighted Average Cost of Capital Net Present Value 52

Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

Raising or lowering the cost of capital has an effect on value, but changing my assumptions about risk premiums, betas or debt ratios has a much smaller effect that changing assumptions that alter cash flows.

Marketability 86

Marketability Start-ups Equity Price to Book 86