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M&A Terms Every Business Owner Should Know

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Common Equity Common Equity (sometimes also referred to as Common Stock) reflects the value of a company’s assets minus its liabilities minus any Preferred Equity that would have preference over the Common Equity. It is typically the highest risk/highest potential return portion of a company’s capital structure.

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

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Analysts use financial metrics and multiples such as Price to Earnings (P/E), Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA), and Price to Book (P/B) ratios and apply them to the target company’s financials. The future cash flows are then discounted back to their present value using a discount rate.