DCF
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2019 by David Zorub · across every show →
Everything said about DCF, oldest first
Apr 22, 2019 negative
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…”
Apr 26, 2021
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…”
Jul 6, 2026 bearish
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…”