Business Valuations Post COVID-19, The Impact of Fear, Uncertainty and an Economic Downturn

by an investor from Curtin University - Curtin Business School

3 years ago

Searchers in Australia – past, present and future have been talking about the impact of Covid19 on Australian Business Valuations.

Our conversations with the community have prompted us at Second Squared to publish our thoughts in a 5-Post series that starts today.  

Installment 1: Business Valuations Post COVID-19, The Impact of Fear, Uncertainty and an Economic Downturn

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searcher from University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Certainty is a premium. Uncertainty is a discount. Better supply of capital = higher multiple. Tighter supply of capital - lower multiple. Industry dynamics specific to each. Cycle dependent = post Covid. All other major factors are relatively unchanged pre or post C19. Important to look at the long tail on industry no matter part of cycle.

3 years ago | like reply | 2 likes

searcher from Swinburne University of Technology

Agree Ak. I have a feeling that this period is not long enough for human beings to do a huge shift, and everything will be back to the new normal quicker than expected with subtles shifts as you mentioned.

3 years ago | like reply | 2 likes

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