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M&A Blog #15 – valuation (tools and data preparation)

Francine Way

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) i s 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. Information listed in the DCF analysis: See the items listed under DCF above. We will delve into this topic deeper in the next post.

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

RKJ Partners

During preliminary due diligence, the view of valuation is often heavily contingent on the financial information provided by the seller. Sellers are often hesitant to provide in-depth, detailed financial statements without first feeling comfortable that the buyer can successfully close a transaction.

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

Once the extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items are identified, the next (2nd) step is to have them added back / removed from the historical income statement to normalize the financial statement. The 9th step in the DCF method calls for the calculation of the current value of non-operating assets and the Enterprise Value.