answering questions

If you're asked how do you value XYZ or walk me through a DCF, when you mention WACC do you in the middle of your explanation tell them how to calculate the WACC? Or is it expected they'll follow up?

It seems like this kind of thing can come up everywhere like saying how to calculate FCF, beta, etc.

So do you just stick to what you were asked or give a full explanation?

 
Best Response

walk through a quick 1-2 sentence overview, then break down into forecast out FCF, calculate TV, calculate discount rate - WACC - Kd, Ke (CAPM), then get EV. summary sentence. then end with, would you like me to go into more depth in any of those steps?

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