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29 Valuation Interview Questions and Answers: Mastering the Art of Crackling Interviews

Equilest

These interviews are not just a mere formality but a critical component of the hiring process in finance, investment banking, and consulting. How to Value a Bank? Emphasizing Unique Considerations: Valuing a bank requires a distinct approach due to the nature of its operations. Can Terminal Value be Negative?

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Deja Vu #11: Can Restricted Stock Studies Be Used to Estimate DLOMs for Dividend-Paying Companies?

Chris Mercer

At least ten of the transactions involved banks, insurance companies, or other financial entities, which are very unlike the remainder of the companies in the non-dividend paying portion of the database. The differing natures of the two groups of transactions can be seen when looking at the price/book value multiples.

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M&A Valuation Methods: Your Essential Guide with 7 Key Methods

Valutico

Market-based methods like Comparable Companies Analysis and Precedent Transactions Analysis offer relative measures of value based on market data. Income-based methods such as Discounted Cash Flow analysis focus on future cash flows to determine value. For more insights, do have a look at our article on market multiple based valuation.