Equity Valuation in R
Cliff Ang
Senior Vice President, Compass Lexecon
Value of Firm's Equity equals Present Value of Free Cash Flows to Equity discounted at the Cost of Equity
$$ V = \sum_{t=1}^T FCFE_t / (1 + k_e)^t + [(FCFE_T (1 + g) / (k_e - g) ] / ( 1 + k_e)^T $$
Steps:
Value = PV of Projected Dividend Payments
Shortcut for dividends growing at a constant rate:
$$ V = \frac{div_t (1 + g)}{(k_e - g)} $$
Equity Valuation in R