DCF
topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
5 statements about DCF, every show
Dorsey: Discounted Cash Flow Models Undervalue Moat Businesses by Assuming Fading Returns
“The thing that a DCF is quite poor at, even though people think it's long-term oriented, is that mathematically a DCF assumes that the multiple fades.
It assumes that returns on capital fade to cost capital.
But if we're looking for Modi businesses and we're t…”
Sam Lessin: Tesla is worth a fraction of its price on fundamentals
“You know, what does Tesla work from a DCF perspective? We talked about public markets and how you value these things. Not a fraction of what it's traded at, right?”
Samani: Top crypto assets like Bitcoin and Solana lack obvious DCF models
“The largest assets by market cap, notably Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, et cetera are assets that don't really have an obvious DCF.”
Assuming qualitative equivalence among cheap stocks is the biggest asset management mistake
“This idea of qualitative equivalence among your opportunity set is the biggest mistake that most managers make. ABC at 80 cents on the dollar is not the same as XYZ at 80 cents on the dollar. They're different qualitative businesses. They're different competit…”
Zorub: Valuation multiples flow from DCFs and should not drive valuations
“Most people don't know how to properly use valuation multiples, and the idea that multiples flow from proper valuation and DCF technique and are not a driver of it, And therefore what happens is people make a lot of mistakes. They do maybe good quantitative or…”