Valuation of a pre-revenue company is often one of the first points of contention that must be negotiated between angels and entrepreneurs due to the fact that there is no agreed upon standards for startups and that the goals of the negotiating parties are opposite since entrepreneurs want the value to be as high as [...]
EBITDA (Earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is equivalent to Gross Operating Income (in Spanish, Resultado Bruto de Explotación) because it reflects the excess of operating income over expenses related to those revenues in a period of time and, it is commonly used as a multiple to valuing companies. It is a measure that normally is [...]
El EBITDA (Earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortization) se considera sinónimo de Resultado Bruto de Explotación (RBE) porque refleja el excedente de los ingresos de explotación sobre los gastos relacionados a esos ingresos en un periodo determinado, y se usa normalmente como múltiplo para valorar empresas. Es una magnitud que normalmente no está definida [...]
From an economic point of view, a company creates value when the business generates greater income than the costs of producing it, including charges for capital allocation. To create value, managers must have a thorough understanding of the performance of variables that significantly affect the value of the business which in the end is reflected [...]
Desde un punto de vista económico, se crea valor en la empresas cuando se generan ingresos superiores a los costes de producir esos ingresos incluyendo los cargos por el capital utilizado. Para crear valor, los directivos deben tener un conocimiento profundo del desempeño de las variables que afectan significativamente el valor del negocio que al [...]
The comparable model is a relative valuation approach. The basic premise of the comparables approach is that an equity’s value should bear some resemblance to other equities in a similar class. For a stock, this can simply be determined by comparing a firm to its key rivals, or at least those rivals that operate similar businesses. There are [...]
El modelo de comparables es un enfoque relativo de valoración de empresas. La premisa básica de este enfoque es que el valor de una empresa debe tener cierta semejanza con el valor de las acciones de empresas similares. Para una acción, esto puede determinarse simplemente comparando la empresa con sus principales rivales, o al menos con aquellos rivales [...]
Un viejo adagio dice que "un negocio sólo vale lo que alguien está dispuesto a pagar por él", sin embargo, el proceso de maximizar el valor de una empresa para los accionistas contiene algunos factores que pueden ser evaluados y controlados. Veamos alguno de ellos. Oferta y demanda Por el lado de la oferta, si en [...]
As the old adage states, "a business is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it". However the process of maximizing the value of a company for the shareholders on exit has numerous factors which can be evaluated and controlled. Let´s see some of them. Supply & Demand By the supply side, if [...]
Value drivers are characteristics of a business that either reduce the risk associated with owning the business or enhance the prospect that the business will grow significantly in the future. An improvement in the performance of the value drivers can significantly increase the value of the company and facilitate the sale at a highest range [...]
