Dividend Discount Model

I'm trying to build a dividend discount model to be used in a pitch(I'm an intern). But, I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get my hands on a basic dividend discount model I could take a look at? I'm reading Damodaran's piece on valuing financial institutions, and it's been helpful. But I think taking a look at a real model will be able to guide me better. Thanks in advance.

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Dividend discount is, mathematically and in terms of building it in excel, about the simplest there is (Assuming you mean a "true" dividend discount model of d/(r-g) or a related multi-stage dividend model and not a DCF model). Literally all you need to do is have those three items, though you will want some support for your choices. Is there a specific part that you're struggling with?

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when I was a first year analyst I spent some time deriving an implied market based LTG rate for private company valuation... basically took the public comps, arrived at normalized DFCF multiple (inverse is cap rate), built up a WACC for guideline comps and applied some basic algebra to the Gordon growth model (Discount Rate - LTG Rate = Cap Rate) to arrive at a market based LTG rate ... it can be tough to determine"normalized" DFCF, but it worked pretty well for mature industries i.e. health systems.

 

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