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Do finance majors use different models than economists(fundmental analysis)?

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Hello,

I was wondering if economists use different models to estimate the fundmental value of a company (and obviously stocks)

I am a finance major soon going to last year and as far i can see in classes , while it could be different in professional analysts, we seem to favor the scheme " create some logical scenarios based on past data or future predictions to forecast cash flows, discount it with the "proper" rate, do a sensitivity analysis and thats it"

Do people from econ background, use different tenchniques? I have read they tend to follow gdp trends and interests rates but how practical is this in pricing a stock(or maybe an acquisition) ?

It feels more relevant to explain the market trends than the pricing of a single investment

Thank you for your time
 
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