Valuation Resources
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Business Valuation Guides
WSO is developing a large database of guides and resources with you can teach yourself how to value a business. These guides are designed to let you read and study at your own pace. Each article is designed to stand on its own and can be read in the order of your preference.
These articles supplement WSO's valuation modeling courses that teach these concepts in much more depth with real-life applications.
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Use our free resources to kick start your journey towards mastering valuation. The skills you learn here can be applied across investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and corporate finance.
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All Valuation Resources
- Abnormal Earnings Valuation
- Absolute Valuation
- Adjusted EBITDA
- Appraisal-based Indices
- APV (Adjusted Present Value)
- Adjusted Present Value (APV)
- Art Valuation
- Assessed Value
- Asset-Based Valuation
- Ballpark Figure
- Beta
- Breakup Value
- Book Value Per Share (BVPS)
- Business Valuation Glossary
- Cap Rate (REIT)
- Capitalization Rate
- Capitalization Table
- Cash Flow Drivers
- Comparable Company Analysis
- Canadian Equity Risk Premium
- Conglomerate Discount
- Corporate Bond Valuation
- Cost Approach (Real Estate)
- Crossover Rate
- DCF Pros And Cons
- Debt-Free Cash Valuation
- Diluted Shares
- Diluted EPS Formula and Calculation
- Dilutive Securities
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Discounted Cash Flow DCF Formula
- Dividend Discount Model
- Due Diligence Report
- EBITDA Multiple
- Earnings Yield
- Economic Value Added (EVA)
- Enterprise Value (EV)
- Enterprise Value-to-Sales (EV/Sales)
- Enterprise Value vs. Equity Value
- Equity Research Report
- Equity Valuation
- Equity Value
- EVA – Economic Value Added
- EV/Capital Employed Ratio
- EV/EBIT Ratio
- EV/EBITDA
- EV To Revenue Multiple
- FCF Formula Free Cash Flow
- FCFF vs FCFE
- Forward P/E Ratio
- Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE)
- Free Cash Flow Yield
- Greensheet Definition
- Gordon Growth Model
- Hedonic Pricing
- Hidden Values
- Home Equity
- How to Choose Comparable Companies
- Internal Growth Rate (IGR)
- Intrinsic Value
- Investment Banking Pitch Book
- Investment Value
- Levered Beta
- Leveraged Recapitalization
- Liquidation Value
- Lower Middle Market
- LTM vs. NTM
- LTV/CAC Ratio
- M&A Considerations and Implications
- M&A Synergies
- Market Approach Valuation
- Market Cap to GDP ratio
- Market Price
- Market to Book Ratio
- Market Value
- Market Value Added (MVA)
- Mark to Market
- Middle-Market Firm
- Mining Asset Valuation Techniques
- Minority Interest In Enterprise Valuation Calculations
- Modified Book Value
- Multiples Analysis
- National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)
- NAV (Net Asset Value)
- Net Identifiable Assets
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Net Realizable Value (NRV)
- Net Worth
- NOPAT
- Normalized EPS
- Notional Value
- NPV Formula
- NPV vs IRR
- Option Pricing Models
- Owner's Equity
- Paper Wealth
- PEG Ratio
- Pre Money Valuation
- Post Money Valuation
- Pre-Money vs Post-Money Valuation
- Precedent Transaction Analysis
- Present Value of Growth Opportunities (PVGO)
- Price Appreciation
- Price Earnings Ratio
- Price to Sales Ratio
- Proforma Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- Q Ratio
- Real Options
- Relative Valuation Models
- Replacement Cost (Real Estate)
- Replacement Cost vs Actual Cash Value
- Residual Income
- Residual Income Valuation
- Roadshow Presentation
- Sales Comparison Approach (Real Estate)
- Section 368
- Section 382
- Selecting a Banker: Beauty Contest / Bake-Off
- Share Exchange Ratio
- Standalone Value
- Startup Valuation Methods
- Startup Valuation Metrics (for internet companies)
- Stock Market Capitalization-to-GDP Ratio
- Store of Value
- Sweat Equity
- Tangible Net Worth (TNW)
- Tax-Free Reorganization
- Tax Shield
- Tear Sheet
- Terminal Growth Rate
- Terminal Value
- The Ultimate Cash Flow Guide (EBITDA, CF, FCF, FCFE, FCFF)
- Time Value of Money
- Trading Multiples
- Trailing P/E Ratio
- Transaction-based Indices
- Transaction Multiples
- Type A Reorganization
- Types of Synergies
- Types of Valuation Multiples
- Unlevered Beta / Asset Beta
- Unlevered Cost of Capital
- Upper Middle Market
- Value
- Valuation
- Valuation Drivers
- Valuation Gap
- Valuation Methods
- Valuation Period
- Valuation Reserve
- Why Warren Buffett Dislikes EBITDA
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