Business Valuation Estimator

This estimates what your business is worth, through several standard lenses instead of a gut number.

Revenue planning sets the destination. Valuation measures the vehicle. It moves past what you make today to the total value of the assets, cash flows, and market position you've built. You need it when you're preparing to sell, negotiating with partners, or running an annual strategic review. It replaces emotional pricing with a mathematical foundation.

What You'll Need — four approaches, depending on your industry and data:

• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF): projects future earnings and discounts them to today's value. The standard for established businesses with steady growth.

• Asset-Based Valuation: what the business owns minus what it owes. Best for liquidations or asset-heavy industries.

• Market Capitalization: value from share price and volume, the most direct read on public market sentiment.

• Multiples Method: value as a multiple of earnings (EBITA), the primary method in private equity and small-business acquisitions.

Your Results A defensible sticker price for the business. Adjust the inputs — discount rate, multiple — and you can see how market shifts would move your value up or down.

Worth Knowing

Valuation isn't static. Improving operational efficiency or reducing liabilities can swing your multiple hard, often turning internal improvements into a 2x to 5x return.