LIN

LIN — Valuation Models

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

Valuation Summary

ModelIntrinsic Valuevs Price ($508.08)
DCF$140.40-72.4%
Graham Number$164.77-67.6%
Reverse DCFimplied g: 24.6%
DDM$131.84-74.1%
EV/EBITDA$511.30+0.6%

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

1 — Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Assumptions

Yahoo: $4.79B
Rev: 5.8% / EPS: -9.4%
Computed: 8.25%
Computed WACC: 8.25%
Cost of equity (Re)8.96%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.85 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)2.88%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)89.35%
Debt weight (D/V)10.65%

Results

Intrinsic Value / share$165.70
Current Price$508.08
Upside / Downside-67.4%
Net Debt (used)$23.01B
Sensitivity: WACC (rows) × Near-term g (cols)
WACC \ Near-term-2.2%1.8%5.8%9.8%13.8%
7.0%$142.90$181.64$226.67$278.74$338.66
8.0%$108.37$139.52$175.67$217.42$265.41
9.0%$84.46$110.37$140.40$175.03$214.80
10.0%$66.91$88.99$114.55$143.99$177.75
11.0%$53.49$72.66$94.81$120.29$149.49

2 — Graham Number

Assumptions

Graham used 22.5 (15× P/E × 1.5× P/B)
Yahoo: $14.63
Yahoo: $82.48

Results

Graham Number$164.77
Current Price$508.08
Margin of Safety-67.6%
Formula: √(22.5 × max(0,EPS) × max(0,BVPS))

3 — Reverse DCF (Implied Growth)

Assumptions

Computed: 8.25%
Computed WACC: 8.25%
Cost of equity (Re)8.96%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.85 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)2.88%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)89.35%
Debt weight (D/V)10.65%

Results

Current Price$508.08
Implied Near-term FCF Growth22.1%
Historical Revenue Growth5.8%
Historical Earnings Growth-9.4%
Base FCF (TTM)$4.79B
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: $6.40

Results

DDM Intrinsic Value / share$131.84
Current Price$508.08
Upside / Downside-74.1%
Formula: D0 × (1+g) / (r − g)

5 — EV/EBITDA Multiple

Assumptions

Yahoo: $13.34B
Current: 19.5×
Default: $23.01B

Results

Implied Equity Value / share$511.30
Current Price$508.08
Upside / Downside+0.6%
Implied EV$259.95B
Sensitivity: EV/EBITDA multiple (rows) × Net Debt (cols)
Mult \ Net Debt$11.01B$17.01B$23.01B$29.01B$35.01B
15.5x$422.02$409.08$396.13$383.18$370.23
17.5x$479.61$466.66$453.72$440.77$427.82
19.5x$537.20$524.25$511.30$498.36$485.41
21.5x$594.79$581.84$568.89$555.94$543.00
23.5x$652.38$639.43$626.48$613.53$600.58