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Discounted cash flow  (DCF) - Financial definition

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Translations:      FR  flux de trésorerie actualisé (n.m.)     ES  flujo de efectivo descontado (n.m.)     DE  abgezinster Cashflow (n.m.) , diskontierter Cashflow (n.m.) 

Concise definition of the term discounted cash flow

Discounted cash flow analysis is a valuation method used to evaluate an investment opportunity, be it a project, a company or an asset. It projects future cash flows and discounts them, using a required annual rate, to calculate present value estimates.

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