The new article, ‘Valuing Companies by Cash Flow Discounting: Only APV Does Not Require Iteration,’ may be downloaded at ssrn.com/abstract=3682128.
Fernandez, professor of finance at IESE Business School, argues that the most used methods for valuing companies by DCF include:
- Equity cash flow;
- Free cash flow;
- Capital cash flow; and
- Adjusted present value (APV).
Only APV does not require iteration, he argues. And, he says, ‘[A]ll four methods, if properly applied, always give the same value. Many valuations are incorrect because the authors do not iterate and, therefore, the four methods do not provide the same value.’
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