Forecasting Growth Example
Forecasting Growth Example
Forecasting Growth Example
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Period Q1 Yr.1 Q2 Yr.1 Q3 Yr.1 Q4 Yr.1 Q1 Yr.2 Q2 Yr.2 Q3 Yr.2 Q4 Yr.2 Q1 Yr.3 Q2 Yr.3 Q3 Yr.3 Q4 Yr.3 Q1 Yr.4 Q2 Yr.4 Q3 Yr.4 Q4 Yr.4 Q1 Yr.5 Q2 Yr.5 Q3 Yr.5 Q4 Yr.5
Free CF $16 $115 $346 $436 $688 $890 $1,238 $1,487 $2,060 $2,468 $2,384
Growth % 634% 201.9% 26.0% 58.0% 29.2% 39.2% 20.1% 38.6% 19.8% -3.4%
Geometric Polynomial
$4,000 $8,000
$3,500 f(x) = - 4.8863702023x^2 + 305.9312622196x - 524.8789661771 $7,000 f(x) = 13.1669582502x^2 + 106.0209210472x - 139.4250708947
$3,000 $6,000
$2,500 $5,000
$2,000 $4,000
$1,500 $3,000
$1,000 $2,000
$500 y = Ax $1,000 y = Ax2 + Bx
$0 $0
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Logarithmic Exponential
$3,000 $12,000
$2,000 $8,000
$1,500 $6,000
$1,000 $4,000
$0 $0
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$1,000 $4,000
$0 $0
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Historical Period:
Q1 Yr.1 Q2 Yr.1 Q3 Yr.1 Q4 Yr.1 Q1 Yr.2 Q2 Yr.2 Q3 Yr.2 Q4 Yr.2 Q1 Yr.3 Q2 Yr.3 Q3 Yr.3
Net Earnings (P&L) $11,621 $19,227 $235,490 $143,429 $216,398 $267,099 $500,500 $250,506 $612,868 $795,779 $79,202
Equity (B/S) $15,621 $114,848 $350,338 $442,577 $652,116 $901,389 $1,246,408 $1,496,914 $2,109,783 $2,542,499 $2,621,701
Historical ROE 74.4% 16.7% 67.2% 32.4% 33.2% 29.6% 40.2% 16.7% 29.0% 31.3% 3.0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Terminal Grow
Forecast Period:
Q4 Yr.3 Q1 Yr.4 Q2 Yr.4 Q3 Yr.4 Q4 Yr.4 Q1 Yr.5 Q2 Yr.5 Q3 Yr.5 Q4 Yr.5 0.5% 1.0%
Future Values
Geometric $2,503 $2,628 $2,759 $2,897 $3,042 $3,194 $3,354 $3,522 $3,698 $12,597 $12,878
Polynomial $3,028 $3,464 $3,925 $4,413 $4,928 $5,468 $6,035 $6,628 $7,248 $24,692 $25,243
Logarithmic $2,052 $2,137 $2,216 $2,289 $2,357 $2,422 $2,483 $2,540 $2,594 $8,839 $9,036
Exponential $3,691 $4,343 $5,049 $5,808 $6,622 $7,489 $8,411 $9,388 $10,418 $35,493 $36,285
Present Values
Geometric $1,925 $1,555 $1,256 $1,014 $819 $662 $535 $432 $349 $914 $934
Polynomial $2,330 $2,050 $1,787 $1,545 $1,327 $1,133 $962 $813 $683 $1,791 $1,831
Logarithmic $1,578 $1,264 $1,009 $801 $635 $502 $396 $311 $245 $641 $655
Exponential $2,840 $2,570 $2,298 $2,034 $1,783 $1,552 $1,340 $1,151 $982 $2,575 $2,632
Composite Historical R.O.E.
( ~ WACC assuming no debt)
Average Median Est. WACC
34.0% 31.3% 30.0%
Terminal Growth:
2.0% 5.0% 8.0%