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Methods and Examples on How to Value a Company

Lake Country Advisors

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis is a valuation method that estimates the value of a company based on its projected future cash flows, which are then discounted to their present value. DCF is particularly useful for valuing startups or companies with predictable cash flow patterns.

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

Francine Way

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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M&A Blog #17 – valuation (Comparable Company)

Francine Way

Calculating cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted average cost of capital (WACC). While different valuation professionals differ on which multiples to use based on the target’s industry, and so on; a few multiples have became analysts favorites: TEV/Revenue, TEV/EBITDA, and TEV/Tangible Book Value.

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M&A Blog #19 – valuation (Leveraged Buy Out - LBO)

Francine Way

Building a historical 3-statement model and a debt-interest schedule. Building the go-forward debt-interest schedule. Implied Equity Purchase Price = Transaction Value - Debt + Cash. For this table, recall that LBO transactions are heavily financed with debt (it can go up to 90% of the capital structure for some deals).

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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. A 5- or 10- year historical data is preferable.

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M&A Blog #22 – valuation (less known valuation methods)

Francine Way

Thus far, we have covered four popular valuation methods in M&A (DCF, Comparable Company, Precedent Transaction, and LBO) and one less known one that is making its way out of the academic realm into the business world (Dividend Discount Method, DDM). The 1st one for today is the Tangible Book Value (TBV) method.

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

Mergers and Inquisitions

By contrast, investment banking is more about advising companies on transactions such as M&A deals , equity and debt deals , and restructuring. 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.