Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
Discount cash flow analysis
Sensitivity matrix
-1% |
Discount Rate % 0% |
1% |
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-1% | $18.06 | $17.79 | $17.52 | |
Terminal Growth% | 0 | $18.19 | $17.91 | $17.64 |
+1% | $18.32 | $18.04 | $17.76 |
How does a change in discount rate or terminal growth affect valuation?
This table shows the sensitivity of the valuation to two key variables - the discount rate and the terminal growth rate
Valuations and comments
- Valuecruncher created a new valuation of $53.08 (undervalued by 20.25%) - over 4 years ago
- SethWellbourne created a new valuation of $8.91 (overvalued by 49.14%) - almost 11 years ago
- Diegoengel created a new valuation of $8.86 (overvalued by 41.63%) - 11 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $14.49 (overvalued by 14.21%) - over 11 years ago
- jbryanscott created a new valuation of $11.78 (overvalued by 18.76%) - over 11 years ago
- jbryanscott created a new valuation of $11.78 (overvalued by 18.76%) - over 11 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $14.92 (undervalued by 5.52%) - almost 12 years ago
- SethWellbourne created a new valuation of $7.21 (overvalued by 47.22%) - almost 12 years ago
- SethWellbourne created a new valuation of $10.46 (overvalued by 17.64%) - almost 12 years ago
- turbocarlos created a new valuation of $15.37 (undervalued by 28.4%) - 12 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $11.35 (undervalued by 7.28%) - over 12 years ago
- TheCrunchBlog created a new valuation of $17.62 (undervalued by 36.59%) - over 12 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $15.43 (undervalued by 21.98%) - over 12 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $14.80 (overvalued by 3.33%) - over 12 years ago
- TheCrunchBlog created a new valuation of $20.07 (overvalued by 27.6%) - almost 13 years ago
- TheCrunchBlog created a new valuation of $23.44 (overvalued by 13.19%) - almost 13 years ago
- TheCrunchBlog created a new valuation of $17.91 (overvalued by 33.67%) - almost 13 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $20.07 (overvalued by 25.67%) - almost 13 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $22.19 (undervalued by 2.4%) - almost 13 years ago
- KiwiEMH created a new valuation of $19.84 (overvalued by 7.29%) - almost 13 years ago
- GordonGekko created a new valuation of $21.80 (overvalued by 18.66%) - almost 13 years ago
Comments
The boring details
All amounts in millions | Figures |
Enterprise Value: | 59,477 |
Net Debt (Long-term borrowings less cash): | -1,251 |
Equity Value: | 37,147 |
Number of Shares Outstanding: | 1,375,000,000 |
Calculated value per share: | $17.91 |
Enterprise Value is the present value of the post-tax cash flows for a business into the future.

Where:
- C1, C2, C3 - the cash flow in period 1, 2, 3, ...
- r - the discount rate
To capture the cash flows into the future a terminal value is calculated via a perpetuity calculation -
based on the final years forecast post-tax free cash flow.

Where:
- Cn - the cash flow in the final forecast period.
- LTG - the long-term growth rate
- r - the discount rate
- g - the terminal growth rate
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to determine the equity component in the discount rate.

Where:
- rt - the risk free rate
- t - the tax rate
- B - the beta of the company
- MRP - the Market Risk Premium
Valuecruncher uses an estimate of Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to determine the discount rate in the calculation.
This valuation is part of this blog post:
http://blog.valuecruncher.com/2008/05/four-futures-of-yahoo/
Keeping the assumptions from the Yahoo standalone scenario intact but dropping the growth from 12% (in the Yahoo standalone scenario) in 2011 to 10% and falling to 3% in 2015 (using the same present value calculation) gives a terminal growth of 5%.