by Simon Cook | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog, Business Valuation
Business Valuation Multiples by Industry: The Power of Sector Consistency The latest DealStats Value Index Digest (Q1 2026) has been released with a focus on the general EBITDA multiple trend across all sectors. However, the real story actually seems to be the...
by Simon Cook | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog, Business Valuation
Business Valuation – Income Approach Business valuers often use the Income Approach as the primary business valuation approach. However, this approach assume that the business is profitable or expects to be profitable in the future. Business Valuation –...
by Simon Cook | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog, Business Valuation, Valuing financial instruments
How to value ZEPOs in private companies for financial reporting? What are ZEPOs? ZEPOS are a type of call option issued under an Employee Share Scheme. A call option provides the owner the right (but not the obligation) to purchase an underlying asset at a fixed price...
by Simon Cook | Oct 22, 2025 | Blog, Business Valuation
How to value a business? According to the International Valuation Standards there are three Valuation Approaches to value a business: Market Approach, Income Approach and Cost Approach. Within each Valuation Approach there are Valuation Methods. Market Business...
by Simon Cook | Mar 17, 2025 | Blog
Within business valuations, the control premium story changed over thirty years ago, but the application of control premiums still appears to be a controversial matter. The old business valuations control premium story The business valuation control premium story use...
by Simon Cook | Mar 7, 2025 | Blog
How to value a start-up? This article considers the confounding question of how to value a start-up. Valuing a start-up or young company can be problematic. Key problems can include: little or no financial history dependency on key people to make it a success requires...
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