business valuation

Enterprise worth assessment

Business valuation is the process of determining what a company is worth, typically expressed as a dollar figure.

Valuations are performed for sales, mergers, investment, litigation, or tax purposes.

Methods include analyzing assets, comparing similar companies, and projecting future earnings: The business valuation came in at $2.3 million.

Also called company valuation.

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price tag · profit margin · free cash flow · cash flow statement · due diligence · rule of thumb · interest rates · market competition · succession planning · skin in the game · goodwill · Sarbanes-Oxley Act · tax compliance · working capital · gross margin · inflation rates · comparable sales · growth potential

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Formal property value estimate

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market context

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Current security price

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precision and formality

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Instinctive sense about something

wild guess · rough estimate · ballpark figure · guesswork · intuition

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