Valuation & pricing
Stage 02 of 06
The standard for private company valuation. Every method a buyer would run, and the weight each one carried.
Discounted cash flow, comparable companies, precedent transactions, an asset floor, and a model built for the business's own industry, all at once, calibrated to the sector, returned as a range you can defend line by line.
01 · What it does
A single multiple applied to a single number is how private businesses get mispriced. It is also, for most owners and a good many buyers, the only tool available. The alternative has been a $15,000 engagement that takes six weeks and arrives after the negotiation has already moved.
Value Alpha runs the full set instead, and shows its work.
What each method concluded, what evidence it used, and how much it counted toward the blend. No single method can swing the number on its own.
A range, not a point
Bear, base, and bull. Private companies are valued in ranges and scenarios; a single figure implies a precision that does not exist.
Weighted, and visible
Each method sits beside the weight it carried. Change a weight and watch the blended value move, the arithmetic is not hidden.
Traced to the source page
Every figure in the range links back to the page and line of the document it came from.
02 · In the product
Where the methods agree, and where they do not.
Football field · enterprise value
Illustrative
03 · Around the number
Scenarios, sensitivities, comps, and the memorandum.
Change growth, margin, working capital, or debt and watch the dollar impact on the range. Sensitivity analysis names which assumptions actually move the number, in dollars, largest first, usually a shorter list than people expect.
The comparable companies and completed transactions behind the range are listed with the multiple each implies and why it was included, filterable by size, sector, and geography. These are the deals a buyer will point at, so you see them first.
The output is a PDF memorandum in the structure a lender or buyer expects: executive summary, each method’s conclusion and weight, the comparables used, scenario analysis, a full source trail, and a financial appendix. Shareable by link, or white-labelled for advisory work. On the Pro and Team plans, an Excel model with its live formulas intact and a PowerPoint deck come alongside it.
Every method shown, every weight explained, every figure sourced.
Tell us about the business and we will show you how we would approach it.