Market-Implied DCF · PLTR

Market-Implied DCF — full build

The full reverse-DCF build behind the current price: per-year projection, line-item growth ranges, raw model inputs, and the historical UFCF that seeds it.

Implied FCF growth
43.22%
WACC
12.87%
Terminal growth
2.50%
Total EV (PV)
$244.33B
A · Projection & terminal value
Per-year unlevered FCF, discount factors, and the terminal-value bridge
YearProjected UFCFDiscount factorDiscounted UFCF
1$1.75B1.1287$1.55B
2$2.51B1.2740$1.97B
3$3.60B1.4380$2.50B
4$5.15B1.6232$3.18B
5$7.38B1.8321$4.03B
6$10.57B2.0679$5.11B
7$15.14B2.3341$6.49B
8$21.69B2.6346$8.23B
9$31.06B2.9738$10.44B
10$44.49B3.3566$13.25B
Terminal FCF$65.31B
Terminal value$629.59B
Discounted terminal value$187.57B
Total enterprise value (PV)$244.33B
Enterprise value anchor$244.33B
B · Line-item growth ranges
Low / mid / high annual growth implied for each line item
Line itemLow %Mid %High %
Revenue20.5%30.4%41.5%
Cost of revenue11.3%23.9%33.6%
Operating expense0.5%5.7%22.0%
D&A-4.7%5.3%36.4%
Capex-34.0%9.3%149.0%
C · Raw model inputs
Baseline model assumptions
WACC
12.87%
Terminal growth
2.50%
Cost of equity
12.88%
Cost of debt
0.00%
Risk-free rate
4.40%
Effective tax rate
1.86%
Beta
1.51
Projection years
Shares outstanding
2296070000
Market cap
$246.30B
Enterprise value (anchor)
$244.33B
Total debt
$212.0M
Cash & equivalents
$2.29B
Preferred stock
$0.00
Minority interest
$106.6M
Weight · equity
99.9%
Weight · debt
0.1%
Weight · preferred
0.0%
D · Historical UFCF (quarterly)
Statement-built unlevered free cash flow by quarter
PeriodRevenueCost of revenueOperating expenseEBITD&ACapexUFCF
2020Q2$251.9M$68.4M$282.6M$-99.1M$4.1M$2.9M$71.1M
2020Q3$289.4M$149.3M$987.8M$-847.8M$2.5M$1.5M$-32.2M
2020Q4$322.1M$70.5M$408.2M$-156.6M$3.6M$4.8M$-28.4M
2021Q1$341.2M$74.1M$381.1M$-114.0M$3.2M$708.0K$127.8M
2021Q2$375.6M$90.9M$430.9M$-146.1M$4.8M$697.0K$17.2M
2021Q3$392.1M$86.8M$397.3M$-91.9M$3.1M$5.4M$107.3M
2021Q4$432.9M$87.6M$404.2M$-58.9M$3.8M$5.8M$185.9M
2022Q1$446.4M$94.4M$391.4M$-39.4M$4.3M$15.2M$82.9M
2022Q2$473.0M$102.2M$412.5M$-41.7M$4.9M$5.5M$195.3M
2022Q3$477.9M$107.6M$432.5M$-62.2M$5.9M$14.4M$95.5M
2022Q4$508.6M$104.3M$422.1M$-17.8M$7.4M$4.9M$25.5M
2023Q1$525.2M$107.6M$413.4M$4.1M$8.3M$4.8M$169.9M
2023Q2$533.3M$106.9M$416.3M$10.1M$8.4M$3.9M$68.0M
2023Q3$558.2M$107.9M$410.3M$40.0M$8.7M$1.6M$99.6M
2023Q4$608.4M$108.6M$433.9M$65.8M$8.0M$4.9M$267.5M
2024Q1$634.3M$116.3M$437.2M$80.9M$8.4M$2.7M$100.8M
2024Q2$678.1M$128.6M$444.2M$105.3M$8.1M$2.9M$110.6M
2024Q3$725.5M$146.6M$465.7M$113.1M$8.1M$4.0M$383.3M
2024Q4$827.5M$174.5M$641.9M$11.0M$7.0M$3.1M$389.0M
2025Q1$883.9M$173.0M$534.8M$176.0M$6.6M$6.2M$262.8M
2025Q2$1.00B$192.9M$541.4M$269.3M$6.5M$7.6M$469.2M
2025Q3$1.18B$207.3M$580.5M$393.3M$6.0M$6.8M$412.2M
2025Q4$1.41B$216.0M$615.4M$575.4M$7.0M$13.3M$720.0M
2026Q1$1.63B$215.8M$662.8M$754.0M$6.8M$7.4M$761.2M