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Sir the as part of the analysis of the company,do l have to perform valuation
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Hi – What is your research topic and what do you mean by valuation?
Topic 8 business and financial analysis
Valuation of the company
Not required – unless it is necessary to meet any of your research objectives or answer research questions.
You may consider analyzing share price of the company with its peers as part of financial analysis.
It is not just a case of ‘you may consider share price… as part of the financial analysis’ you SHOULD ensure you include some investor ratios e.g. EPS, share price trend over the 3 years.
Shareholders are key stakeholders and the aim of companies is to maximise profits and create shareholder wealth. Failure by them to do this would indicate that the company is not pursuing appropriate strategies and therefore a necessary element of the business and financial analysis. The CEO or Chairman ‘s report will normally discuss these aspects if positive
By valuation, I understood that you are referring to financial modelling techniques such as DCF.
