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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. Excerpted from the book “Valuation for Mergers and Acquisitions” by Barbara S.

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Issues faced when valuing a declining company

Andrew Stolz

In reference to Aswath Damodaran’s book “The Dark Side of Valuation Valuing Young Distressed and Complex Businesses,” it mentions that a declining company usually possesses the following five characteristics: (1) Stagnant or declining revenue. (2) With a declining company, earnings and book value can become inoperative very quickly.

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Discounted-Cash-Flow-Analysis: Your Complete Guide with Examples

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This value is widely referred to as the “Net Present Value” (NPV). . d is the discount rate (which is usually the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), r in our previous example). What Happens When We Add the Terminal Value? Calculate the Terminal Value. . Does this make sense?