Valuation: Comps & Precedents
An interviewer says your comps and your DCF should be presented together. How would you lay out the valuation conclusion using the spread?
Model answer
Use a 'football field' - a horizontal bar chart showing the implied EV (or share price) range from each method: trading comps (e.g., the range from applying the 25th-75th percentile multiples),…
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