Trading Multiples Analysis

Corporate Finance and Valuation · 3:20

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[Verse 1]
When you need to value a company today
Look around for peers that trade the same way
Public companies with similar size
Same industry, same market ties
Revenue growth and margins aligned
Geographic reach of the same kind

[Chorus]
P-E tells the earnings story
EV-EBITDA shows the glory
EV-Sales when profits are low
Trading multiples help you know
Compare the ratios side by side
Let the market be your guide

[Verse 2]
Price to earnings, that's your P-E
Stock price over EPS, you see
Enterprise value takes it further still
Add the debt, subtract cash until
You get the total business worth
Then divide by what it's giving birth

[Chorus]
P-E tells the earnings story
EV-EBITDA shows the glory
EV-Sales when profits are low
Trading multiples help you know
Compare the ratios side by side
Let the market be your guide

[Bridge]
EBITDA strips away the noise
Depreciation's accounting choice
Sales multiples for early stage
When earnings haven't reached their age
Book value for the asset play
Price to cash flow shows the way

[Verse 3]
Select your peers with careful thought
Business model can't be fought
Growth rates should be similar too
Capital structure, debt ratio
Remove the outliers from your set
The median's your safest bet

[Chorus]
P-E tells the earnings story
EV-EBITDA shows the glory
EV-Sales when profits are low
Trading multiples help you know
Compare the ratios side by side
Let the market be your guide

[Outro]
Market wisdom in the numbers
Public trading never slumbers
Multiply and find your range
Trading multiples help you gauge
What the market thinks it's worth
Valuation finds its birth

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