Valuation

6 guides for the decisions and work in this part of corporate development.

M&A Valuation Methods Overview

How to choose valuation methods, keep value, price, and your walk-away limit apart, and set a negotiating range a committee can defend.

DCF Analysis & Intrinsic Valuation

How to build an acquisition DCF from operating drivers, test the terminal value, and see what growth and margins the seller's price requires.

Comparable Company Analysis

How to choose listed peers that truly resemble the target, put their numbers on the same basis, and turn trading multiples into a defensible range.

Precedent Transaction Analysis

How to rebuild what buyers really paid in past deals, judge which deals compare with yours, and use them without mistaking price for value.

Valuation Best Practices & Pitfalls

How to review an acquisition valuation for weak evidence, hidden assumptions, double counting, impossible downside cases, and slipping price discipline.

Merger Model & Accretion/Dilution Analysis

How to build a merger model that links price, financing, and accounting to the buyer's earnings, cash, and debt, and how to test it for errors.