A Note on Valuation in Private Equity Paul A Gompers 2012

A Note on Valuation in Private Equity Paul A Gompers 2012

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“When the private equity funds come around, they don’t buy a stock, they buy a company. They can buy a 100-share position in a public company for $200,000.” This was what Wall Street investors believed when the fundraising window opened in August 2012, and when more than 2,000 of those funds met with their preferred firms the next week to pledge hundreds of millions of dollars to buy companies. There was little doubt in their minds that private equity would still be

Evaluation of Alternatives

A Note on Valuation in Private Equity, by Paul A. Gompers (Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2012). This essay is timely, as it was written before the recent events in the U.S., but the author’s points still resonate in the current crisis. The most important value a buyer can bring to an acquirer is not cash, as usual, but the knowledge that the target business is already growing: the buyer will have all the information about the business, as well as

Financial Analysis

A Note on Valuation in Private Equity Paul A Gompers 2012 This essay discusses the valuation of a company and private equity firms’ approaches to this question. The paper provides an examination of the historical background of the subject, discusses the various approaches used by the two major classes of private equity investors (venture capital and buyout firms), and examines a real-world application in the context of a hypothetical company. More about the author Private equity firms invest in private companies through equity

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Abstract In recent years there has been a surge in the number of buyouts taking place. The reasons for the buying of businesses by private equity funds are manifold. One significant reason is the current economic climate, where corporate value is low and the demand for investment in existing firms is increasing, due to the weak state of the domestic economy. In addition, private equity funds can take advantage of the current market environment by acquiring control of businesses that are undergoing significant transformation. This allows a new generation of management to gain management experience

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It is a commonplace that in the world of private equity, it is more important to value a company than it is to value its equity. It’s more often said that one has to be prepared to get stuck with a company to value it. And if the company is well-run, this makes some sense. There is plenty of evidence that, as Warren Buffett once said: ‘it is always worth owning a company if you can get a fair valuation for it’. But for those of us in the business of selling companies, valuation

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– What is the importance of valuation in private equity? – What are the factors in evaluating a company’s worth? – How do these factors vary by industry? – What can private equity investors expect from management when evaluating the worth of a company? My personal experience is that evaluating a company’s worth is difficult, but it is essential. I wrote about it in the Boston College Case Competition (BCG) Matrix, and I also presented it on the PE Blog. Based on these experiences, let me explain the