1. I use EPS in valuation as opposed to dividends because to look into dividends means you have to really look into the cash flows of the company in detail.
Ticker EMC Closing Stock Price $23.08
DISCOUNTED CASH FLOWS (DCF) BEN GRAHAM's FORMULA (BGF)
Parameters Parameters
Current Earnings $1.23 Current Earnings per Share (EPS) $1.23
Growth Rate 1 10.0% Earnings factor 8.5
Years of Growth 1 5 Growth factor 2
Growth Rate 2 2.00%
Discount Rate 11.00% G : Growth over next 7 years 7.65%
Input Cells
Results of Discounted Cash Flows Model Results of Ben Graham's Formula
INTRINSIC VALUE 19.31 INTRINSIC VALUE = Current Earnings x (8.5 + 2xG) = 29.28
Conclusion :
Graham says the stock may be trading at a bargain.
Margin of Safety 26.86%
Earnings per share (EPS) for current year
Graham's Fomula over-estimates the Discounted
Cash Flows valuation
DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW (DCF) vs. BEN GRAHAM'S FORMULA (BGF)
| Deb Sahoo | MBA, Finance, University of Michigan | MS, EE, University of Southern California | B-Tech, EE, IIT |
While choosing a stock, it is a great idea to see if you are in for a bargain or not. So comparing the fair value given by a two-stage DCF model with the
intrinsic value calculated with Graham's Formula should be a starting point. No method is absolute, but gives you an idea about the objective worth of
The Growth Rate after 1st period
The Growth Rate of the first period
The number of years of the first period
The rate cash-flows are discounted by
= The sum of all discounted Cash-Flows =
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Present value of future
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