Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. The major steps of DCF are: Identify extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items from the target’s 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

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Discounted Cash Flow Valuation M&A DCF 130

How2Exit

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

You must be willing to explore different sources for deals, build relationships within your industry or niche, and reach out directly to business owners. Empathy involves understanding the other party’s perspective, building rapport, and using effective communication. Using effective communication is also important.

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Business Negotiation DCF Acquisitions 130

Francine Way

JULY 17, 2017

The major steps of LBO are: Building the Sources and Uses tables. Building a proforma balance sheet. Building a historical 3-statement model and a debt-interest schedule. Building the go-forward 3-statement model. Building the go-forward debt-interest schedule. Modeling the future exit.

Valuation 130

Valuation M&A Debt Book-building 130

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

Investment Banking Definition: Investment bankers advise companies on mergers, acquisitions, and debt and equity deals and earn fees for closed deals; equity research professionals follow public companies, issue buy/sell/hold recommendations, interface between management teams and investors, and earn money from selling their research.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

You will very rarely get exposed to the type of financial modeling that bankers complete: 3-statement models , DCF models , M&A models , LBO models , and so on. So, you won’t pull all-nighters to finish pitch books , and you won’t be called in over the weekend to make last-minute changes to a model.

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Devensoft

AUGUST 22, 2023

Are you a business leader eyeing expansion through acquisitions or an investor weighing potential mergers? Enterprise Value Calculators are financial tools designed to help businesses and investors determine the total value of a company, including its equity and debt.

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Valuation M&A Utilities Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

Valuation , such as the different multiples used for mining companies and the NAV model in place of the DCF (see below). On the producer side, you can see how much they spend to build new plants, factories, and processing centers. A recent mining deal , especially if the bank you’re interviewing with advised on it.

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