Treasury market action shows 10 year yield futures absorbing risk hedges from equity traders. This hedging dynamic may precede heightened volatility across indices, as bond moves often lead stock repricing cycles. Now the most important inputs to a discounted cash flow are the discount rate, and of course, the actual cash flows. You don't have to agree with these inputs, I recommend redoing the calculations yourself and playing with them. The DCF also does not consider the possible cyclicality of an industry, or a company's future capital requirements, so it does not give a full picture of a company's potential performance. Given that we are looking at Orion Group Holdings as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighted average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation we've used 8.9%, which is based on a levered beta of 1.256. Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility, compared to the market as a whole. We get our beta from the industry average beta of globally comparable companies, with an imposed limit between 0.8 and 2.0, which is a reasonable range for a stable business. Track forward-looking risk expectations on 30-Year Treasuries with the CME Group Volatility Index (CVOL TM ), a robust measure of 30-day implied volatility derived from deeply liquid options on 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond futures. Strong demand at auction for long-duration treasuries is dampening the recent rally in 10 year yield futures. Equity analysts argue this could unlock short-term upside in rate-sensitive sectors, if yields retrace toward 4.10%.