ARES

ARES — Valuation Models

Interactive models with editable assumptions. All calculations run client-side.

Valuation Summary

ModelIntrinsic Valuevs Price ($113.36)
DCF$318.53+181.0%
Graham Number$22.03-80.6%
Reverse DCFimplied g: 5.9%
DDM$111.24-1.9%
EV/EBITDA$144.45+27.4%

Values reflect default assumptions. Adjust inputs in each model below to update.

1 — Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Assumptions

Yahoo: $2.02B
Rev: 19.5% / EPS: -81.4%
Computed: 9.33%
Computed WACC: 9.33%
Cost of equity (Re)12.91%(Rf 4.30% + β 1.56 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)0.00%(no debt / unavailable → 0%)
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)72.31%
Debt weight (D/V)27.69%

Results

Intrinsic Value / share$298.31
Current Price$113.36
Upside / Downside+163.2%
Net Debt (used)$12.77B
Sensitivity: WACC (rows) × Near-term g (cols)
WACC \ Near-term11.5%15.5%19.5%23.5%27.5%
7.0%$351.84$426.96$512.95$610.96$722.22
8.0%$270.51$330.03$398.11$475.66$563.63
9.0%$214.57$263.39$319.18$382.68$454.68
10.0%$173.84$214.88$261.75$315.05$375.44
11.0%$142.93$178.09$218.20$263.78$315.40

2 — Graham Number

Assumptions

Graham used 22.5 (15× P/E × 1.5× P/B)
Yahoo: $1.70
Yahoo: $12.69

Results

Graham Number$22.03
Current Price$113.36
Margin of Safety-80.6%
Formula: √(22.5 × max(0,EPS) × max(0,BVPS))

3 — Reverse DCF (Implied Growth)

Assumptions

Computed: 9.33%
Computed WACC: 9.33%
Cost of equity (Re)12.91%(Rf 4.30% + β 1.56 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)0.00%(no debt / unavailable → 0%)
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)72.31%
Debt weight (D/V)27.69%

Results

Current Price$113.36
Implied Near-term FCF Growth6.8%
Historical Revenue Growth19.5%
Historical Earnings Growth-81.4%
Base FCF (TTM)$2.02B
Implied growth is the FCF growth rate (yrs 1–5) that makes the DCF intrinsic value equal the current price. Long-term growth is set to half the implied near-term rate.

4 — Dividend Discount Model (DDM)

Assumptions

Yahoo: $5.40

Results

DDM Intrinsic Value / share$111.24
Current Price$113.36
Upside / Downside-1.9%
Formula: D0 × (1+g) / (r − g)

5 — EV/EBITDA Multiple

Assumptions

Yahoo: $1.24B
Current: 35.5×
Default: $12.77B

Results

Implied Equity Value / share$144.45
Current Price$113.36
Upside / Downside+27.4%
Implied EV$44.10B
Sensitivity: EV/EBITDA multiple (rows) × Net Debt (cols)
Mult \ Net Debt$6.77B$9.77B$12.77B$15.77B$18.77B
31.5x$149.22$135.39$121.55$107.72$93.88
33.5x$160.67$146.83$133.00$119.16$105.33
35.5x$172.11$158.28$144.45$130.61$116.78
37.5x$183.56$169.73$155.89$142.06$128.22
39.5x$195.01$181.17$167.34$153.50$139.67