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Dividend Discount Model - DDM
Dividend Discount Model - DDM
Image 1 A procedure for valuing the price of a stock by using predicted dividends and discounting them back to present value. The idea is that if the value obtained from the DDM is higher than what the shares are currently trading at then the stock is undervalued.

Value of Stock =
Dividend per share
Discount Rate - Dividend growth rate

Image 2 This procedure has many variations and does not work for companies that do not pay out dividends.



Discount Rate

Dividend

Valuation