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Business Valuation: Principles, Strategy & Way Forward
Business Valuation: Principles, Strategy & Way Forward
Capital Asset Pricing basically puts a realistic value to a company’s tangible & intangible assets in real
term values.
Comprehensively these will offer a proper insight into the financial health of the operation.
This will also put into perspective any funds that need to be brought in from existing cash flows to
sustain operations.
Strategy Pathway
A lot of people do not put a thought into this process which is very important. Example: A steel
manufacturing/trading company may have surplus funds and be doing extremely well but should it buy a
Rent A Car company even if the Finance Pathway gives a green light.
~~ STRATEGY FIT ~~
The comparison of the Future Plan made by us and the Forecasted Plan received by the other company
will show as to how do we perceive and understand the business.
The actual financial numbers will prove whether this business is worth the value.
The Strategy planning will allow to gauge the risk that we are willing to take after weighing the pros and
cons of the business
It may happen that:
Despite financial numbers being poor the new company may be a excellent strategy fit to us.
Despite the new business as a standalone may not be a great plan but maybe a excellent support
service to us.
The plans could be vice versa as well.
Decision Tree Model debating the above makes you speak for and against every option possible and
then draws a pattern. Invariably the decisions will tilt towards one side.
If the outcome is fair then a formal due diligence through a third party audit should be done to vet the
results.