Survey on Valuation Practice
The survey in a part of a graduation thesis for a student at the Department Finance, ESCP Business School.
Responses will be used only for the master thesis and remain anonymous
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(Many questions contain a multi choice grid where 0 represents Never and 4 - Always)
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What side of deals are you usually on?
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4 (Always)
Buy Side
Sell Side
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Years of Work Experience
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Sector Focus?
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Deal size focus ?
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II - Valuation Approaches
How frequently does your analysis include
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Both Multiples and DCF
Both but Multiples are the primary approach
Both but DCF are the primary approach
Only multiples
Only Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
LBO
Sensibility analysis
Sum of parts valuation
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What is the main reason for choosing a valuation method?
How often do you use the following types of multiples
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Price Earnings Ratio (P/E)
Price Earnings to Growth Ratio (PEG)
Price to Cash-Flow (P/CF)
Enterprise Value/ Sales
Enterprise Value / EBITDA
Enterprise Value / EBIT
Industry-Specific Multiples (like EV to subscribers, members...)
Other direct multiples
Other indirect multiples
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What characteristics of firm/project affect your choice on which multiples to use?
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Industry sector
Size
Type of transaction
Earnings and margins stability
Others
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What are the others reasons for choosing a multiple?
How often do you use more than just one multiple for a valuation
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1 multiple
2 multiples
More than 3 multiples
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How often do you use this timing of multiples
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2
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4
Last twelve months
Next twelve months
Forward (NFY+1)
Forward (NFY+2, NFY+3, ...)
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