Enterprise & Equity Value
In the EV bridge, do you use BOOK value or MARKET value for total debt, and why?
Model answer
In theory you want MARKET value of debt to be consistent with using market value of equity. In practice, for most companies debt trades near par, so book value of total debt is used as a proxy and is…
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