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What is the primary purpose of 'unlevering' Beta when performing a Comparable Companies Analysis for a DCF?
- To account for the tax-deductibility of interest payments on debt
- To adjust the projected share price for future dividend payouts
- To remove the effect of different debt levels and isolate business risk
- To increase the WACC used in the model so the valuation is more conservative
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