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• Market value of invested capital to earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).<br />

• Market value of equity to pretax income.<br />

• Market value of equity to net income.<br />

• Market value of equity to cash flow.<br />

• Market value of equity to book value.<br />

Based on her analysis of those firms and comparing them to Acme, Victoria finds that several types<br />

of price multiples are more consistently correlated than others. She believes four of these multiples<br />

provide a good basis for pricing benchmarks. Those multiples are: market value of invested capital to<br />

sales, market value of invested capital to EBITDA, market value of invested capital to EBIT, and<br />

market value of equity to pretax income. For these multiples, the median price multiples of the five<br />

public firms are:<br />

Next, Victoria applies these median multiples to Acme. See Exhibit 16.12 for her calculations. This<br />

analysis shows a value of Acme‟s equity at December 31, 2008, of $35.2 million (rounded).<br />

Reconciliation of Valuation Methods<br />

The overall results of Victoria‟s analysis before any valuation adjustments are:<br />

Victoria believes both approaches are equally reliable. Therefore, she weights them equally and<br />

calculates the average of $33.5 million.<br />

Exhibit 16.12 Acme Manufacturing, Inc.: Publicity traded guideline companies method of valuation.

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