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discounted cash flow

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Discounted cash flow (DCF)
Future cash flows multiplied by discount factors to obtain present values.
discounted cash flow
A method of estimating an investment's current value based on the discounting of projected future revenues and costs. The answer derived from the technique is only as accurate as the estimates used, which, in many cases, are far from certain.
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