In discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation techniques the value of the stock is estimated based upon present value of some measure of cash flow. Free cash flow to the firm (FCFF) is generally described as cash flows after direct costs and before any payments to capital suppliers.

Intrinsic Stock Value (Valuation Summary)
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
FCFF Growth Rate (g)

Microsoft Corp., free cash flow to the firm (FCFF) forecast

US$ in millions, except per share data

Year	Value	FCFF_t or Terminal value (TV_t)	Calculation	Present value at 13.31%
0¹	FCFF₀	63,829
1	FCFF₁	75,611	= 63,829 × (1 + 18.46%)	66,728
2	FCFF₂	88,172	= 75,611 × (1 + 16.61%)	68,673
3	FCFF₃	101,193	= 88,172 × (1 + 14.77%)	69,555
4	FCFF₄	114,268	= 101,193 × (1 + 12.92%)	69,315
5	FCFF₅	126,923	= 114,268 × (1 + 11.07%)	67,947
5	Terminal value (TV₅)	6,302,798	= 126,923 × (1 + 11.07%) ÷ (13.31% – 11.07%)	3,374,139
Intrinsic value of Microsoft Corp. capital				3,716,357
Less: Debt and finance lease liabilities (fair value)				76,138
Intrinsic value of Microsoft Corp. common stock				3,640,219

Intrinsic value of Microsoft Corp. common stock (per share)				$489.67
Current share price				$416.13

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30).

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Microsoft Corp., cost of capital

	Value¹	Weight	Required rate of return²	Calculation
Equity (fair value)	3,093,503	0.98	13.55%
Debt and finance lease liabilities (fair value)	76,138	0.02	3.76%	= 4.43% × (1 – 15.07%)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30).

¹ US$ in millions

Equity (fair value) = No. shares of common stock outstanding × Current share price
= 7,433,982,235 × $416.13
= $3,093,503,027,450.55

Debt and finance lease liabilities (fair value). See details »

² Required rate of return on equity is estimated by using CAPM. See details »

Required rate of return on debt. See details »

Required rate of return on debt is after tax.

Estimated (average) effective income tax rate
= (18.20% + 19.00% + 13.10% + 13.80% + 16.50% + 9.80%) ÷ 6
= 15.07%

WACC = 13.31%

FCFF growth rate (g) implied by PRAT model

Microsoft Corp., PRAT model

	Average	Jun 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2023	Jun 30, 2022	Jun 30, 2021	Jun 30, 2020	Jun 30, 2019
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Interest expense		2,935)	1,968)	2,063)	2,346)	2,591)	2,686)
Net income		88,136)	72,361)	72,738)	61,271)	44,281)	39,240)

Effective income tax rate (EITR)¹		18.20%	19.00%	13.10%	13.80%	16.50%	9.80%

Interest expense, after tax²		2,401)	1,594)	1,793)	2,022)	2,163)	2,423)
Add: Common stock cash dividends		22,293)	20,226)	18,552)	16,871)	15,483)	14,103)
Interest expense (after tax) and dividends		24,694)	21,820)	20,345)	18,893)	17,646)	16,526)

EBIT(1 – EITR)³		90,537)	73,955)	74,531)	63,293)	46,444)	41,663)

Short-term debt		6,693)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Current portion of long-term debt		2,249)	5,247)	2,749)	8,072)	3,749)	5,516)
Current finance lease liabilities		2,349)	1,197)	1,060)	791)	540)	317)
Long-term debt, excluding current portion		42,688)	41,990)	47,032)	50,074)	59,578)	66,662)
Long-term finance lease liabilities		24,796)	15,870)	13,842)	11,750)	8,956)	6,257)
Stockholders’ equity		268,477)	206,223)	166,542)	141,988)	118,304)	102,330)
Total capital		347,252)	270,527)	231,225)	212,675)	191,127)	181,082)
Financial Ratios
Retention rate (RR)⁴		0.73	0.70	0.73	0.70	0.62	0.60
Return on invested capital (ROIC)⁵		26.07%	27.34%	32.23%	29.76%	24.30%	23.01%
Averages
RR	0.68
ROIC	27.12%

FCFF growth rate (g)⁶	18.46%

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-30).

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2024 Calculations

² Interest expense, after tax = Interest expense × (1 – EITR)
= 2,935 × (1 – 18.20%)
= 2,401

³ EBIT(1 – EITR) = Net income + Interest expense, after tax
= 88,136 + 2,401
= 90,537

⁴ RR = [EBIT(1 – EITR) – Interest expense (after tax) and dividends] ÷ EBIT(1 – EITR)
= [90,537 – 24,694] ÷ 90,537
= 0.73

⁵ ROIC = 100 × EBIT(1 – EITR) ÷ Total capital
= 100 × 90,537 ÷ 347,252
= 26.07%

⁶ g = RR × ROIC
= 0.68 × 27.12%
= 18.46%

FCFF growth rate (g) implied by single-stage model

g = 100 × (Total capital, fair value₀ × WACC – FCFF₀) ÷ (Total capital, fair value₀ + FCFF₀)
= 100 × (3,169,641 × 13.31% – 63,829) ÷ (3,169,641 + 63,829)
= 11.07%

where:

Total capital, fair value₀ = current fair value of Microsoft Corp. debt and equity (US$ in millions)
FCFF₀ = the last year Microsoft Corp. free cash flow to the firm (US$ in millions)
WACC = weighted average cost of Microsoft Corp. capital

FCFF growth rate (g) forecast

Microsoft Corp., H-model

Year	Value	g_t
1	g₁	18.46%
2	g₂	16.61%
3	g₃	14.77%
4	g₄	12.92%
5 and thereafter	g₅	11.07%

where:
g₁ is implied by PRAT model
g₅ is implied by single-stage model
g₂, g₃ and g₄ are calculated using linear interpoltion between g₁ and g₅

Calculations

g₂ = g₁ + (g₅ – g₁) × (2 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 18.46% + (11.07% – 18.46%) × (2 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 16.61%

g₃ = g₁ + (g₅ – g₁) × (3 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 18.46% + (11.07% – 18.46%) × (3 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 14.77%

g₄ = g₁ + (g₅ – g₁) × (4 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 18.46% + (11.07% – 18.46%) × (4 – 1) ÷ (5 – 1)
= 12.92%

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Present Value of Free Cash Flow to the Firm (FCFF)

Intrinsic Stock Value (Valuation Summary)

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

FCFF Growth Rate (g)

FCFF growth rate (g) implied by PRAT model

FCFF growth rate (g) implied by single-stage model

FCFF growth rate (g) forecast