Supported finding
The final workbook classifies 69 of 100 companies as conditionally eligible for operating FCFF and blocks 31. Even the 69 need reviewed assumptions before a value is available.
08 / Finance and Excel
Connect company history to a reviewed discounted cash-flow model. Check whether a company fits the method before producing a valuation.
Question
How can a NIFTY 100 history workbook prevent unsupported operating cash-flow valuations?
Observed project audit: 100 company exports matched to the official constituent snapshot retrieved on 7 October 2026. This is a static snapshot, not a live market feed.
The final workbook classifies 69 of 100 companies as conditionally eligible for operating FCFF and blocks 31. Even the 69 need reviewed assumptions before a value is available.
Review method suitability, reporting basis and period coverage first. Then define operating assumptions and the enterprise-to-equity bridge. A downloaded company history alone cannot justify a price target.
Provider summaries are not a complete filing-level archive. Reporting durations and several valuation inputs remain unresolved. Native Excel tests establish calculation mechanics, not investment suitability or an independent financial audit.
Observed counts from the final Company Registry. The rows below are mutually exclusive, using the workbook's first blocking reason.
| Workbook classification | Companies | Required next step |
|---|---|---|
| Operating FCFF, subject to review | 69 | Review operating assumptions and equity bridge |
| Unsupported financial-company method | 23 | Use an appropriate financial-sector valuation method |
| Reporting basis review required | 5 | Establish suitable consolidated history |
| Fewer than three matched periods | 2 | Obtain sufficient comparable history |
| Reporting period review required | 1 | Resolve an 18-month source-date interval before using an annual base |
| Total | 100 | 31 blocked; 69 conditionally eligible |
The reporting-basis inventory separately contains 92 consolidated, 4 standalone and 4 unverified exports. These counts overlap other method blocks and must not be added to the table. Matching date headings do not establish complete annual statements.
The workbook keeps the original model alongside a separate Company DCF sheet, company selector, source history, review flags and independent Base, Downside and Upside assumption rows.
Missing inputs remain unavailable rather than zero. Unsupported methods and unresolved history block the new company valuation. Refresh All does not retrieve updated company data.
A separate, source-free Python reference illustrates the new Company DCF method. All inputs are invented. Projection years are relative years 1 to 10, with no real company or market date.
Synthetic demonstration only. These values are not observed company results, forecasts, investment recommendations or the output of the private workbook.
Fictional Manufacturing Example starts with INR 1,000 crore revenue. Revenue grows 8% in each projection year; EBIT margin rises from 20% to 22%. The model uses 25% tax, depreciation at 3% of revenue, capex at 4%, and operating working capital at 12% of revenue. WACC is 11.6%; terminal growth is 3%.
WACC inputs are 7% risk-free rate, 6% equity risk premium, beta 1, 8% pretax cost of debt and 20% debt weight. The equity bridge adds 100 cash and 20 other assets, then subtracts 250 debt and leases, 15 non-controlling claims and 5 senior claims, all INR crore. Diluted shares are 100 crore. Every input is invented.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Present value of years 1 to 10 FCFF | 1,165.412038 | INR crore |
| Present value of terminal cash flows | 1,307.256863 | INR crore |
| Enterprise value | 2,472.668901 | INR crore |
| Net equity bridge | -150.000000 | INR crore |
| Equity value | 2,322.668901 | INR crore |
| Diluted shares | 100.000000 | Crore shares |
| Value per share | 23.226689 | INR per share |
| Year | Revenue | FCFF | Discounted FCFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,080.000000 | 143.220000 | 128.333333 |
| 2 | 1,166.400000 | 156.427200 | 125.598335 |
| 3 | 1,259.712000 | 170.830944 | 122.906247 |
| 4 | 1,360.488960 | 186.538153 | 120.257146 |
| 5 | 1,469.328077 | 203.665197 | 117.651061 |
| 6 | 1,586.874323 | 222.338725 | 115.087973 |
| 7 | 1,713.824269 | 242.696559 | 112.567820 |
| 8 | 1,850.930210 | 264.888679 | 110.090499 |
| 9 | 1,999.004627 | 289.078280 | 107.655869 |
| 10 | 2,158.924997 | 315.442930 | 105.263754 |
Full inputs, calculation code and all annual fields are in the reproduction ZIP. Saved outputs use twelve decimal places. The displayed precision supports calculation checking; it does not express valuation certainty.
Free cash flow to the firm, or FCFF, measures cash flow available to providers of capital before the equity bridge.
A small downloadable source package demonstrates the calculation without third-party financial records.
Authored Python model, invented inputs, exact outputs, tests and a checksum manifest.
Python 3.10 or later, standard library only. No paid service, account, API key or Excel installation.
The fictional FCFF example only. This is not a rebuild of the private NIFTY workbook.
Extract the ZIP, read its README and run its verification and tests locally.
Download valuation exampleCommands, assumptions, units, permitted reuse and the limits of this public example.
Read setup guideMachine-readable counts, snapshot scope and checksum binding for the privately retained workbook.
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