What is your favoured method of forecasting

by a professional from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

3 years ago

Valuation practitioners make financial forecasts using various methods. What is your favoured method and why? Some common methods are:

1) Averages over last 3 to 5 years
2) Exponential smoothing
3) industry averages

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professional from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Thanks so much everyone. Great insights!

2 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Public comps, acquisition comps, DCF, LBO/M&A models as applicable

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