Valuation: Comps & Precedents
Why do you use the 'unaffected' share price rather than the last-traded price when computing a control premium?
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Because once a deal leaks or is rumored, the target's stock often runs up in anticipation, partially pricing in the premium. If you measured the premium off the inflated, 'affected' price, you would…
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