Concept that has been bugging me...

For a portfolio company:

if NAV (often also known as the Fair value in PE) + Debt = Total Assets, and Enterprise Value = Debt - Cash + Equity

Then can I say that NAV (which is most of the time marked-to-market) = Equity Value and hence Total Assets = Enterprise Value + Cash?

Is there a conceptual error here?

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