Valuation: Comps & Precedents
How is the size of a discount for lack of marketability actually estimated, and what factors drive it?
Model answer
Three empirical/analytical approaches: (1) restricted stock studies - compare prices of a company's freely traded shares to its restricted (unregistered) shares; observed discounts have commonly run…
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