discounted cash flow

noun

1. accounting a technique for appraising an investment that takes into account the different values of future returns according to when they will be received DCF

Example Sentences

If you were feeling very proper and traditional, you might break out what’s called a discounted cash flow model, which calculates how much a company’s future profits are worth to investors today.

From Slate

His answer is a discussion of Greenblatt’s various techniques, such as an analytical exercise called a discounted cash flow analysis — which can sound like science.

From Washington Post

The “discounted cash flow” model does not mean that municipalities will get less tax revenue.

From Washington Times

“If weather conditions continue to have a more unforeseeable impact on agro business the best way to model this would be ... to increase the beta-factor within the discounted cash flow model used by me. And no, I have not yet done so,” said Ulrich Huwald, an analyst who covers Bayer.

From Reuters

His model is based on a straightforward, well-established method — the discounted cash flow approach used by investment analysts around the world.

From New York Times