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

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Income-based methods such as Discounted Cash Flow analysis focus on future cash flows to determine value. 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.

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M&A Terms Every Business Owner Should Know

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The higher the degree of risk or unpredictability of a set of future cash flows, the higher the discount rate. Discounted Cash Flow Value Discounted Cash Flow Value refers to the calculation of a company’s Enterprise Value on the basis of its ability to generate free cash flow over time.