Also called normalized FCF, normalised free cash flow
DCF base
The figure the projection actually starts from: a trend-fitted or median value across several years, so one distorted year cannot become a runaway base. It can sit far from the latest year.
A fuller explanation of this one is still being written. The definition above is the short answer.
See also
- Free cash flow — The cash left for investors after keeping the business running. This is the number a DCF actually values, taken from the most recent fiscal year.
- Growth rate — Year-one growth, faded toward the perpetual rate across the horizon. Left blank it comes from the company's own history, capped at the sector ceiling, and a genuine decline is kept rather than floored up.
- Discounted cash flow — Valuing a company by projecting the cash it will generate and discounting each year back to today. Everything Angie does is one long DCF.
Educational content, not investment advice. Angie explains how a valuation is built so you can judge it yourself. What you do with that is your call.
