Private Company Valuation

Free CFA Level II lesson in Equity Valuation. 10 min read, ~1,560 words.

Three approaches: income (DCF, capitalized CF), market (public co. multiples, transaction multiples), asset-based (net asset value). Public company multiples = minority, marketable starting basis. Transaction multiples = controlling, marketable starting basis. Sequencing: from public multiples, add control premium first, then apply DLOM. From transaction multiples, apply DLOM only. DLOC =...

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