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Examples Of Present Value Of Capital Finance

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• Present Value: The current worth of a future sum of money or stream of cash flow at a specified rate of return. Future cash flows are "discounted" at the discount rate; the higher the discount rate, the lower the present value of the future cash flows. • Present value of annuity: An annuity is a series of equal payments or receipts that occur at evenly spaced intervals e.g. leases and rental payments. • Present value of a perpetuity is an infinite and constant stream of identical cash flows. • Future value: The value of an asset or cash at a specified date in the future, based on the value of that asset in the present. • Future value of an annuity (FVA): The future value of a stream of payments (annuity), assuming the payments is …show more content…

However, unlike debt, equity does not need to be paid back if earnings decline. On the other hand, equity represents a claim on the future earnings of the company as a part owner. The cost of equity is complicated in the sense that the rate of return demanded by equity investors is not as clearly defined as it is by lenders. Theoretically, the cost of equity is approximated by the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) = Risk-free rate + (Company’s Beta x Risk Premium). Unlike bondholders, stockholders are a part of the company until they choose to sell their shares either to another investor, another company or back to the issuing company itself. Stockholders can hold their shares indefinitely to collect dividend revenue, or they can sell their shares when the market price rises enough making them a profit. While the cash flows for a stock are not contractual and are therefore riskier, a reasonable assumption of constant dividend growth, makes stock valuation much easier using the formula P = D1/k +g. This constant dividend growth formula can also be used in conjunction with discounting projected individual dividend cash flows to value stocks. Another way of valuing stock is to use the formula P = EPS * P/E. EPS is a measure of return, while P/E is a measure of risk. Investors gain the benefit of increasing the value of their wealth through capital gains or interest/dividend income. As dividends

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