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The 2023 AICPA Business Valuation Conference and One Thought on Valuation Adjustments

Chris Mercer

Assume a company has reported an EBITDA of $2.0 Assume further that the appropriate EBITDA multiple is 6x and that the underlying equity discount rate is 14%. Then, based on reported EBITDA, the company is worth $12.0 Normalized EBITDA is, therefore, $3.0 million based on normalized EBITDA.