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Methods and Examples on How to Value a Company

Lake Country Advisors

Market Capitalization Market capitalization is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods for valuing a publicly traded company. Example Scenario: Suppose XYZ Corp is a publicly traded technology company with 50 million shares outstanding, and the current share price is $20.

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Keeping Up with Delaware Appraisal Jurisprudence Since Aruba: Deal Price Reigns Supreme, But Will Recent Decision Lead to More Arbitrage?

Cooley M&A

In analyzing synergies, the court clarified that the deal price would be reduced for buyer’s expected synergies , even if those synergies were not ultimately achieved (so long as they were accounted for in the price). Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. took private in 2017 for $315/share.

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Buy Side M&A Blog Series - Vol 7 - Valuing The Target

RKJ Partners

Below are the six recognized methodologies with short explanations of each: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis: This analysis derives an ‘intrinsic’ value of a company. The advantage of this method is that it takes into account the development of the company, rather than simply the historical financials.

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