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DCF defaults apply across the portfolio, DCF estimates, and valuation badges. Saved in this browser only. Alpaca price refresh uses server-side credentials. This section is for setting the bare minimum levels to determine if a discounted cash flow valuation should be made and how. This is not the investment criteria section so don't set high minimum growth rates here. That can be done on the filter buttons above the screener.

Model defaults

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Default Stock Link

Choose where stock links and market prices navigate when clicked across the site.

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Cash flow basis

Free cash flow matches screener backend. Average includes net income.

Growth rate method

Average year-over-year uses the mean annual change (matches screener backend). Endpoint CAGR uses the compound rate from the first to last year in each period.

Starting cash flow

The base value projections grow from. Latest year falls back to the 3-year average when the most recent value is zero or negative.

Default growth rate

Used when no custom rate or slider position is saved for a ticker. 10-year matches screener backend default.

DCF Valuation Cut Off

Controls DCF eligibility. Looser = more tickers in screener, tighter = fewer but higher quality.

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Startup Breakout DCF

Exemption for successful startup companies that experienced early growth/R&D losses but recently scaled into consecutive profitable years with revenue growth.

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Upward Trend Requirement

When enabled, requires Sales, Earnings, Cash Flow and EPS to trend upward over the lookback window. If any checked metric fails, DCF is marked unavailable.

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Metrics to check

3yr rebound vs sustainable growth

Detects a hot recent FCF trend that the longer record doesn't support: 3-yr FCF growth far above the 10-yr rate, a weak 10-yr trend (today's FCF barely above a decade ago), and unpredictable cash flow (low predictability score or high σ). When all conditions are met, the DCF may be pricing a rebound off a dip as durable growth and overvaluing the stock.

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Why: the flagged 3-yr growth usually reflects a rebound off a dip (e.g. FCF collapsed then recovered), not durable growth. Projecting it forward overvalues the stock. Switching the DCF to the long-run 10-yr FCF CAGR (or a shorter window you trust) prices the stock on sustainable growth instead. The screener's data-quality flag and DCF-page tooltip use the same detection with the default thresholds.
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Used to refresh Last Price values on the portfolio page via the Alpaca Market Data API. Credentials are saved only in this browser and are never stored on the server. In Alpaca, open API Keys and create or view a key pair. Please use the Paper Trading API for maximum security in case the data gets leaked from the browser.