From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Assessing the viability of a business.
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:10:22 +0000 (UTC)

> > "John Redman" wrote
> >>There are 4 broad ways of valuing a business:-
> >>
> >>- replacement cost of the assets
> >>- comparable transactions (i.e. sales of similar businesses)
> >>- stock market cap if applicable, and
> >>- net present value of future earnings.
> >
> "Postman Pat" wrote
> > none of which relate to reality :)
>
"John Redman" wrote
> There are no other known ways.

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