DCF & WACC
Why does terminal value usually represent 60-80% of the total enterprise value in a DCF, and is that a problem?
Model answer
Because the explicit forecast only captures ~5-10 years, while the terminal value captures every cash flow into perpetuity thereafter - an infinite tail of value compressed into one number. So the…
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