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Business valuation is the process of assessing the theoreticaleconomic value of a company in order to determine the price to pay

or receive to carry out its sale.

What informationdo I need?

What is Business Valuation?

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Company financial information

Company news, profiles & analysis

Industry profiles & analysis

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Exert due diligence in assessing thecompany's financial statements andlegal status.

Evaluate the status and condition ofall assets.

Determine fair market value basedon assets, earnings and cash flow.

* Summarized from BDC's "The steps you need to takebefore buying a business". .

Pro tip : When possible,compare your valuation withsimilar past transactions

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Key Steps

1. Company financial information

Factiva

Hover over the 'Companies/Markets' tab and select'Company'. Provides betas from the company snapshotpage under 'Reports' > 'Ratio Comparison Report'.

A business information tool owned by Dow Jones & Co. that providesaccess to an array of company finance info.

FT.comSubscibe to the Financial Times online to access their full website from onand off campus.

Register for a free account with your UO e-mail address(registration must be done on campus). After signing-in, select the 'Markets' tab, then the 'MarketsData' tab to access financial tools and data.

2. Company news, profiles & analysis

Business SourceCompleteSource of scholarly articles, magazine publications,market and industry reports, and news items.

Also contains company profiles, with SWOTanalyses and summaries of financial performancefor major companies. Click 'Company Profiles' in the'Browse' column and search by company name.

FactivaProvides access to Canadian andforeign newspapers, magazines,blogs, and reports, that are usefulfor current information aboutcompanies and financial markets.

Search for your company by usingthe 'Company' search functionbelow the main search box.

Search for news on mergers & acquisitions byusing the 'Factiva Expert Search' function andexpanding the 'Competitive Intelligence' menu.

3. Industry profiles & analysis

IBIS WorldProvides detailed Canadian, U.S., and global industry reports. Containsconcise and complete overviews of hundreds of industries with currentinformation and analyses.

PassportContains international market research on twenty-two consumerproducts industries and four service industries. Search for statistics,analyses and reports, or explore figures and maps with 'Dashboards'.

For more information on these and other resources available for financial valuation techniques, see the Library's .

Search or browse by NAICS codes, company names, or industrykeywords to retrieve profiles, outlook reports, company summaries,and more.

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