Is there a difference? - Valuation firm

Hi All,

Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been on the site for a few months, but I guess this is my first real q:

I've been at a valuation firm (doing mostly shareholder buyouts, not doing any financial reporting support) for around 6 months, and I've done two or three valuations. Now, the valuations I've seen/done have always been based on comparables (based on historic data/point in time), but I've read a lot about the modelling aspect on this site.

Just wondering, am I missing something? Is there a difference in valuation techniques b/w a valuation firm and ibank?

Thanks in advance.

ND

 

Seems to have gotten buried. I would like to see the answers to the OP questions, so...BUMP!

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

In a similar situation as the OP, though with more diversity in valuing holding and operational companies, obscure financial assets, goodwill impairment testing/quantification, etc. Mostly for reporting or estate planning purposes.

Has anyone here made that switch before? Any advice on how to do it if so?

 

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