- BusinessValuation
What is Business Valuation?
Business valuation is simply the process of calculating the true, fair market value of a business. To achieve that, there are many methods that can be used to conduct a business valuation.
There are many reasons to why you would want to conduct a business valuation, some of the more common reasons are:
Sale of a Business
Legal / Tax planning
Insurance
To attract investors
To raise capital and apply for bank loans
To support business growth / Business Planning
Succession Planning / Transition
Let’s briefly look at some of the main methods of valuing a business:
Market –based valuation
Asset-based valuation
Discounted cash flow
Capitalisation of earnings
In choosing the right valuation method, you will need to take into account several considerations such as the nature and context of the business. Generally speaking, the current and past years accounting figures should be accurate and future estimates must be reasonable and fair.
An inflated valuation will skew your understanding of your business and scare off potential buyers. On the other hand, undervaluing your business would mean you are missing out on selling your business for potentially more.
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