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Instructions:
STEP 1 Determine the Business Growth Cycle Stage
STEP 2 Enter the Stock Ticker
STEP 3 Enter the Companys' Trailing Twelve Month Free Cash Flow
STEP 4 Enter The Terminal Growth Rate
STEP 5 Enter an Appropriate Discount Rate
STEP 6 Change the "Year 1 - 10 Growth Rate" until the "Current Share P
STEP 7 Ask "Is this growth rate too high, too low, or about right?"
Notes:
A Reverse DCF is a useful valuation tool, but it only work when a company is producing free cash flow. This
works best on companies that are currently in stage 4 & 5. It works OK on companies in Stage 3 & 6. It doe
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Sheet Color Guidelines
Bright Yellow = Enter Data
Dark Yellow = Found On Sheet
Green = Calculation
Blue = Automatic Data
Purple = Guidelines
Grey = Instructions
DEL
Current State
Income statement: (Select via dropdown) 1: Startup 2: Hyper Growth 3: Self funding
Revenue ==> Growing Modestly None / Little Growing Rapidly Growing Rapidly
Gross Profit ==> Growing Rapidly Low / Negative Growing Rapidly Growing Rapidly
perating Profit ==> Growing Rapidly Negative / Expanding Negative / Expanding Near Break-even
Net Profit ==> Near Break-even Negative / Expanding Losses Peaking Near Break-even
Share Count ==> Declining Increasing RapidlyIncreasing RapidlyIncreasing Modestly
4: Operating
leverage 5: Capital Return 6: Decline
Growing ModestlyGrowing Slowly Declining
Stable Stable Declining
Growing Rapidly Growing Slowly Declining
Growing Rapidly Growing Slowly Negative / Expanding
Increasing Slowly Declining Increasing
priate valuation
4: Operating
method.
Leverage 5: Capital Return 6: Decline
FILL IN DATA IN BRIGHT YELLOW
Stock Ticker GOOG
$60,010
e Cash Flow TTM(Trailing 12 Months in Millions)
Terminal Growth Rate(2% - 4% is Typical) 3.0%
Discount Rate(8% - 12% is Typical) 10.0%
Years 1 - 10 Growth Rate(Yahoo Finance) 8.5%