WCN

WCN — Valuation Models

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

Valuation Summary

ModelIntrinsic Valuevs Price ($173.16)
DCF$44.56-74.3%
Graham Number$55.01-68.2%
Reverse DCFimplied g: 21.6%
DDM$27.40-84.2%
EV/EBITDA$173.16+0.0%

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

1 — Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Assumptions

Yahoo: $1.17B
Rev: 5.0% / EPS: —
Computed: 6.26%
Computed WACC: 6.26%
Cost of equity (Re)7.56%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.59 × 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)82.88%
Debt weight (D/V)17.12%

Results

Intrinsic Value / share$103.69
Current Price$173.16
Upside / Downside-40.1%
Net Debt (used)$9.10B
Sensitivity: WACC (rows) × Near-term g (cols)
WACC \ Near-term-3.0%1.0%5.0%9.0%13.0%
7.0%$45.25$61.60$80.62$102.63$127.98
8.0%$30.86$44.02$59.31$76.97$97.30
9.0%$20.89$31.85$44.56$59.23$76.08
10.0%$13.58$22.92$33.75$46.23$60.55
11.0%$7.97$16.09$25.49$36.30$48.69

2 — Graham Number

Assumptions

Graham used 22.5 (15× P/E × 1.5× P/B)
Yahoo: $4.17
Yahoo: $32.26

Results

Graham Number$55.01
Current Price$173.16
Margin of Safety-68.2%
Formula: √(22.5 × max(0,EPS) × max(0,BVPS))

3 — Reverse DCF (Implied Growth)

Assumptions

Computed: 6.26%
Computed WACC: 6.26%
Cost of equity (Re)7.56%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.59 × 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)82.88%
Debt weight (D/V)17.12%

Results

Current Price$173.16
Implied Near-term FCF Growth11.4%
Historical Revenue Growth5.0%
Historical Earnings Growth
Base FCF (TTM)$1.17B
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: $1.33

Results

DDM Intrinsic Value / share$27.40
Current Price$173.16
Upside / Downside-84.2%
Formula: D0 × (1+g) / (r − g)

5 — EV/EBITDA Multiple

Assumptions

Yahoo: $3.01B
Current: 17.7×
Default: $9.10B

Results

Implied Equity Value / share$173.16
Current Price$173.16
Upside / Downside+0.0%
Implied EV$53.37B
Sensitivity: EV/EBITDA multiple (rows) × Net Debt (cols)
Mult \ Net Debt$5.10B$7.10B$9.10B$11.10B$13.10B
13.7x$141.72$133.89$126.07$118.25$110.42
15.7x$165.26$157.44$149.62$141.79$133.97
17.7x$188.81$180.99$173.16$165.34$157.52
19.7x$212.36$204.53$196.71$188.89$181.06
21.7x$235.90$228.08$220.26$212.43$204.61