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YouTube Financial Forecast and Valuation Model
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Instructions: change the valuation assumptions and forecast inputs based on your thesis to see how that impacts the final valuation figure
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Valuation Assumptions
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Risk free rate (US 10yr)
3.1%
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Discount rate8.0%
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Effective tax rate
21.0%
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Stable growth rate
3.5%
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Sales/ Capital ratio
1.9
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YouTube Valuation ($m)
183,785
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ABC = A x BDEF = D x EG = C + FHI = G x HJJ/ GK/ GK = I - JLMK - L - MHC./ H
Discount present value of cashflows
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CY endEst MAU (m)Ad ARPUAd Revenue ($m)Est Premium Subs (m)Premium ARPUPremium Revenue (m)Total Revenue ($m)% GP marginGross Profit ($m)Opex ($m)Opex as % revenue% EBIT marginEBIT ($m)Tax ($m)Reinvest (Net capex) ($m)Unlevered Free Cash Flows ($m)Global Digital Ad Spend (ex China) $m% Industry Ad Revenue ShareYearDiscount factorPV of UFCF
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20191,900$815,14915$1201,80016,94937%6,2615,93235%2%328-69-2,751-2,491263,8606%
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20202,000$1019,77225$1203,00022,77237%8,4067,97035%2%436-92-3,084-2,740301,1117%
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20212,100$1428,84540$1204,80033,64537%12,43210,09430%7%2,339-491-5,759-3,911399,5607%01.00-3,911
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20222,142$1635,30655$1206,60041,90637%15,51512,57230%7%2,943-618-4,375-2,050466,8308%0.50.96-1,973
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20232,228$2044,06270$14410,08054,14237%20,27113,53625%12%6,735-1,414-6,481-1,160532,5608%1.50.89-1,033
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20242,317$2454,99085$14412,24067,23038%25,54716,80725%13%8,740-1,835-6,932-27594,3909%2.50.82-22
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20252,409$2662,908100$16816,80079,70838%30,28915,94220%18%14,347-3,013-6,6094,725644,22010%3.50.763,610
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20262,506$2971,967115$16819,32091,28738%34,68918,25720%18%16,432-3,451-6,1336,848686,09010%4.50.714,844
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20272,606$3282,330130$18023,400105,73038%40,17721,14620%18%19,031-3,997-7,6507,385720,39511%5.50.654,837
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20282,710$3594,186145$18026,100120,28638%45,70924,05720%18%21,651-4,547-7,7099,396756,41412%6.50.615,697
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20292,819$38107,749160$18028,800136,54938%51,88827,31020%18%24,579-5,162-8,61310,804794,23514%7.50.566,066
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20302,875$42120,894175$18031,500152,39438%57,91030,47920%18%27,431-5,760-8,39213,278833,94714%8.50.526,903
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CAGR (%)4%16%21%25%4%30%22%22%16%50%11%
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Terminal Value
305,398
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PV (Terminal Value)
158,769
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PV of UFCF25,017
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Value of Operating Assets
183,785
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https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/50-million/
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