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LWLG (Lightwave Logic) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) : $ (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Lightwave Logic Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)?

As of today (2025-06-05), Lightwave Logic's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend model is $.

Note: Discounted Dividend model is only suitable for companies who have a consistant distribution history. If the company's dividends does not remain steady over a long period, results may not be accurate due to the low consistency. The model is also only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star) with dividend payments. If the company's Predictability Rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, or if the company does not pay dividend, the data will not be stored into our database.

Lightwave Logic's Predictability Rank is 1-Star. Thus, this page is only used for demonstration purposes and the DCF related results in the screener and portfolio will appear as zero.

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) using Discounted Dividend Model for Lightwave Logic is

The historical rank and industry rank for Lightwave Logic's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) or its related term are showing as below:

LWLG's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.12
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) only.

Lightwave Logic Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lightwave Logic's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lightwave Logic Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Lightwave Logic's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Lightwave Logic's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lightwave Logic's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Lightwave Logic's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lightwave Logic's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) falls into.


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Lightwave Logic Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend Model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except adjusted dividend are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DDM calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.37%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Dividend Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = %
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year Dividend Growth Rate. In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate. If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate.
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
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3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Dividends per Share: adjusted dividends per share = $.
GuruFocus uses adjusted dividends per share by default to ensure that the valuation reflects the total value of the company, as the actual dividend is only a portion of the total value.

All of the default settings can be changed in the DCF calculator and the results are calculated automatically.

Lightwave Logic's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) for today is calculated as:

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)=Dividends per Share*{[(1+g1)/(1+d)+(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10*[(1+g2)/(1+d)+(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+)/(1+0.11) =
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+)/(1+0.11) =

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)=Dividends per Share*{[x+x^2+...+x^10]+x^10*[y+y^2+...+y^10]}
=Dividends per Share*[x*(1-x^10)/(1-x)+x^10*y*(1-y^10)/(1-y)]
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Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) = (Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)-Current Price) /Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)
= ( - 1.06) /

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Lightwave Logic  (NAS:LWLG) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Dividends model evaluates the companies based on their power of future dividend distribution instead of their assets.


Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Dividends model:

1. The Discounted Dividends model evaluates a company based on its future dividends distribution power
2. Dividend growth is taken into account; therefore a company with a higher dividend growth rate is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies with consistently steady dividends distributed.
4. The Discounted Dividends model works poorly for inconsistent dividends distributor like high growth companies.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less dividends distributed.

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Lightwave Logic Business Description

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369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
Lightwave Logic Inc is a United States-based development stage company moving toward commercialization of next-generation electro-optic photonic devices made on its P2IC technology platform which uses in-house proprietary high-activity and high-stability organic polymers. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for multiple applications. It designs and synthesizes organic chromophores for use in its own proprietary electro-optic polymer systems and photonic device designs.
Executives
Frederick J Leonberger director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Ronald A Bucchi director C/O FIRST CONNECTICUT BANCORP, INC., ONE FARM GLEN BOULEVARD, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Laila Partridge director 78 BLANCHARD ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Siraj Nour El-ahmadi director 4331 WOODCREST LANE, DALLAS TX 75206
Michael Stephen Lebby director 680 MISSION STREET, 24F, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Craig Ciesla director 369 INVERNESS PARKWAY, SUITE 350, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Thomas Edward Zelibor director 1831 LEFTHAND CIRCLE, SUITE C, LONGMONT CO 80501
George Lauro director 110 KENSINGTON DRIVE, SARATOGA CA 02021
Louis Charles Glasgow officer: Chief Technology Officer 1693 YARDLEY DRIVE, WEST CHESTER PA 19380
Joseph A Miller director ONE RIVERFRONT PLZ, CORNING NY 14831
Goetz Frederick J Jr director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 121 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, SUITE 110, NEWARK DE 19713
Phillips W Smith director, officer: Chair of Board of Directors 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE, SUITE 2, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
Thomas P Smith director 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE SUITE E, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
James S. Marcelli director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1831 LEFTHAND CIRCLE, SUITE C, LONGMONT CO 80501
Ross W. Fasick director 121 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, SUITE 110, NEWARK DE 19713

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