$1.18
-5.6%loanDepot, Inc. engages in originating, financing, selling, and servicing residential mortgage loans in the United States. It offers conventional agency-conforming and prime jumbo, federal assistance residential mortgage, and home equity loans. The company also provides settlement services, which include captive title and escrow business; real estate services that cover captive real estate referral business; and insurance services, including services to homeowners, as well as other consumer insurance policies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.
Warren Buffett's Owner Earnings DCF analysis for intrinsic value calculation
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Forecast period and terminal assumptions
Calculation flow from present value to intrinsic value per share
Operating Cash Flow - Maintenance CapEx = Owner Earnings
| Metric | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -$832.2M | -$978.9M | -$1.2B | -$1.4B | -$1.6B | -$1.9B | -$2.2B | -$2.6B | -$3.0B | -$3.6B |
| Maintenance CapEx | -$6.4M | -$7.5M | -$8.8M | -$10.4M | -$12.2M | -$14.4M | -$16.9M | -$19.9M | -$23.4M | -$27.5M |
| Owner Earnings | -$838.6M | -$986.4M | -$1.2B | -$1.4B | -$1.6B | -$1.9B | -$2.2B | -$2.6B | -$3.1B | -$3.6B |
| Discount Factor | 0.926 | 0.857 | 0.794 | 0.735 | 0.681 | 0.630 | 0.583 | 0.540 | 0.500 | 0.463 |
| Present Value | -$776.5M | -$845.7M | -$921.1M | -$1.0B | -$1.1B | -$1.2B | -$1.3B | -$1.4B | -$1.5B | -$1.7B |
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