Business valuation is the process wherein the economic value of a business or company is determined. Potential buyers and sellers use the information before proposing deals, mergers and acquisitions, among other things. There are three approaches (or methods) to business valuation.
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Asset approach
The asset approach determines the value of a company or business based on how much money is needed to set up the same company or business. There are a couple of sub-methods under the asset approach. They are the asset accumulation and excess earnings methods. Asset accumulation helps compute the value of a company’s assets and liabilities. Excess earnings method calculates for values of things like business goodwill.
Income approach
This is a bit self-explanatory. The economic values of businesses are based on income – specifically on its capacity and risk to generate revenue. The sub-methods under the income approach utilize capitalization and discounting as a means to establish risk.
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Market approach
The market approach compares the prices of similar businesses that were recently sold. This approach is better for private companies, but may be inaccurate when it comes to public companies. Although the methods used here are a standard way to look at fair market value.
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