Enterprise & Equity Value
Can enterprise value ever be negative? What would that imply?
Model answer
Yes - if a company's net cash (cash minus debt) exceeds its equity value, i.e., market cap is less than net cash, then EV = equity value - net cash is negative. It typically signals a distressed or…
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