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Valuation Methods Group Assignment

Valuing a company is important for acquisition, sale, or shareholder interest to determine if it is priced appropriately. Three main approaches to valuation are the asset approach, which assesses value based on net assets; the income approach, which focuses on future economic benefits and cash flow; and the market approach, which compares the company to similar publicly traded entities. Each method has specific applications and is suited for different business circumstances.

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Valuation Methods Group Assignment

Valuing a company is important for acquisition, sale, or shareholder interest to determine if it is priced appropriately. Three main approaches to valuation are the asset approach, which assesses value based on net assets; the income approach, which focuses on future economic benefits and cash flow; and the market approach, which compares the company to similar publicly traded entities. Each method has specific applications and is suited for different business circumstances.

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Why would we want to value a company?

It could be due to acquisition or sale purposes;

a more individual reason is so that we can know how much it is worth in case one is interested in

being a shareholder. It gives an idea whether it is being bought at a good price or an undervalued

amount.

Three approaches to value a business are:

Asset approach: this approach provides a way to determine what the value of a business

indicates based on the value of the assets net of liabilities. This approach is used by investment

companies, when businesses generate losses, when a business is thinking of liquidating soon and

it is also useful to high-value real estate companies. The book value method and the adjusted net

assets method are two methods under this approach.

Income approach: this is focused on valuing a business based on the future anticipated

economic benefits such as cash flow or future anticipated cash flow generated from the business.

It is focused on the future benefits discounting back to a present value, a single amount for the

business. This approach is preferably used when the business is profitable and when the specific

facts for the subject company are sought such as earning capacity, capital expenditure, and

growth rate. In addition, it can be used, for valuation for tax returns. The two common methods

under the income approach are discounted earnings/cash flow method and capitalization of

earnings/cash flow method. Discounted cashflow method is also known as the discounted

earning method and is based on the theory that the valuation of a business is the addition of the

present value of projected future earnings and the present value of the terminal value. This

method also requires that an assumption be made of the terminal value. Both projected future

earnings and terminal value must be discounted to the present value using an appropriate

discount rate instead of a capitalization rate. The discount rate used in calculating here is arrived
at using the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). DCF is useful for a company that has or

expects fluctuations I their cash flow or different growth rate.

Market approach: this involves valuing a company by referring to or comparing it with

other companies such as those that are publicly traded. This means it relies on actual data and not

explicit forecast.

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