Posts Tagged ‘cost of equity’
What Is Free Cash Flow to the Firm?
Free cash flow to the firm (FCFF) is the cash flow that a company is ‘free’ to distribute to all providers of money (both, debt and equity) without damaging its growth opportunities. Below I explain the process an analyst would go through to estimate free cash flow. Like all forecasts, your FCFF starts with your…
WACC Theory vs. Reality: Why Textbook Assumptions Break Down in Practice
The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is one of the most important numbers in company valuation, and one of the hardest to estimate accurately. In theory, WACC is a clean formula that blends a company’s cost of equity and after-tax cost of debt into a single discount rate. In reality, every input in that…
Mistake #8: Choosing an Unreasonable Cost of Equity
I’ve narrowed down all the mistakes I’ve seen in my career over the last 25 years as an analyst, as a head of research, and in the Valuation Master Class, into these top nine. Check out the previous posts in the series here. Overly optimistic revenue forecasts Underestimating expenses causing unrealistic profit forecasts Growing fixed…