EV of a Private company

How do you find the enterprise value of a private company? I have the financials, is it just paid in capital + net debt? Or would it be the assets (market value) + net debt.

Thank you!

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9 times out of 10, ebitda multiple (or whatever relevant metric whether ebitdar or revenue or whatever) based on trading comps. Ltm likely, although depending on industry, could be a forward multiple.

Could run a dcf, boilerplate lbo, precs to get a range, although keep in mind range will likely be wide given the numerous assumptions you’ll make for dcf and lbo analyses.

 

Stape, shame nobody has responded. Maybe one of these topics will help:

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la flame, That is pretty much correct. Considering private companies do not trade on open exchanges. There are a number of variables taken into account when determining market cap for publicly traded companies which are not applicable, and many times not available, for private companies. Hence a different valuation method, typically provided for in the Red Herring or some other introductory piece of literature associated with the fund/company..

 

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