Capital Structure Risk-free Rate Terminal Value 
Brian DeChesare
MAY 3, 2023
The DDM is more grounded because it’s based on the company’s actual distributions and potential future value. And it values the company today based on the present value of its dividends and that potential future value (either the stock price or the Equity Value via the Terminal Value calculation).
Valutico
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Well, the short answer is after that forecast period where we estimate each year’s cash flows then discount them, we add a single number at the end to account for all the theoretical years in the future, called the Terminal Value (TV). Let’s pause here to acknowledge the big assumption that ‘interest rates will be 10% every year’.
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