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How to Value an SME—An Introductory Guide

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Discounted Cash Flow analysis), Market Approach (e.g. Comparable Companies Analysis), and Asset-based Approach (e.g. Another approach is comparing it to similar businesses that have been sold recently, similar to how real estate is appraised. net asset value calculation).

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Why Excel is not an Effective Business Valuation Tool?

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While Excel may be a popular tool for business analysis, it falls short when it comes to accurate business valuations. With limited features and formulas, it can be difficult to account for all the necessary parameters in a valuation, such as interest rates, equity risk premiums, and beta.

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SWS Group: The Breakdown

Appraisal Rights

Further to our prior post about Delaware’s two new appraisal decisions, SWS Group was a small, struggling bank holding company that merged on January 1, 2015 into one of its own substantial creditors, Hilltop Holdings. The court undertook its own DCF analysis, on which it relied exclusively. at closing. below the merger price.

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