The Market Approach to Valuing Businesses.

• Author: Fink, Philip R.
• Position: Book Review

The Market Approach to Valuing Businesses, by Shannon P. Pratt (Wiley, 2000), is an excellent reference for business owners or practitioners who value businesses. The book serves as both a practical tutorial and a handy desk reference. It shows how to find and analyze comparative market transaction data. Considerable time is spent discussing premiums and discounts, and computing them. The book also discusses shareholder matters, such as dissenting suits, minority oppression...