Applied Business Valuation: Real-World DCF, Trading Comps, and Transaction Analytics

By Vincent Bisette

Reactive Publishing

Master practical, desk-ready financial valuation techniques without getting bogged down in purely academic theory.

Applied Business Valuation bridges the gap between finance textbooks and actual corporate practice. Designed for investment banking analysts, corporate finance professionals, private equity associates, and business students, this guide cuts straight to the core analytical frameworks used to value companies in real-world transactions.

Rather than treating valuation as a single formula, this book breaks down the three primary legs of corporate valuation-Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Trading Comparables, and Transaction Analytics-providing step-by-step clarity on how professionals calculate enterprise value, normalize financial metrics, and interpret market comps.

What You Will Learn

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Modeling: Build robust Free Cash Flow (FCFF/FCFE) forecasts, determine appropriate terminal value multipliers, and calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) with precision.

Trading Comparables Analysis: Select truly peer-equivalent companies, normalize EBITDA and EBIT for non-recurring items, and interpret key valuation multiples ($EV/EBITDA$, $P/E$, $EV/Sales$).

Precedent Transaction Analytics: Analyze historical M&A deal structures, account for control premiums and synergy values, and extract realistic deal metrics from public and private target data.

Valuation Synthesis: Reconcile divergent valuation outputs using football field charts and sensitivity matrices to arrive at defensible valuation ranges.

Whether you are preparing for finance interviews, conducting deal analysis, or refining your financial modeling skill set, Applied Business Valuation delivers the clear, structured methodology needed to evaluate businesses with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKG5N3LD
• ISBN13: 9798175693509
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"