Assets-Based Valuation Methods
| ACCA P4考试:Assets-Based Valuation Methods Net Book Value (NBV)
 Simply uses the "balance sheet" equation:
 Equity = assets – liabilities
 Problems and weaknesses of this method include:
 Statement of financial position (balance sheet) values are often based on historical cost rather than market values.
 Net book value (also called carrying amount) of assets depends on depreciation/ amortisation policies.
 Many key assets are not recorded on the balance sheet (e.g. internally generated goodwill).
 Net Realisable Value (NRV)
 This estimates the liquidation value of the business:
 Equity = estimated net realisable value of assets - liabilities
 This may represent the minimum price that might be acceptable to the present owner of the business.
 Problems and weaknesses of this method include:
 Estimating the NRV of assets for which there is no active market (e.g. a specialist item of equipment).
 It ignores unrecorded assets (e.g. internally-generated goodwill).
 Replacement Cost
 This can be viewed as the cost of setting up an identical business from nothing
 Equity = estimated depreciated replacement cost of net assets
 This may represent the maximum price a buyer might be prepared to pay.
 Problems and weaknesses of this method include:
 Technological change means it is often difficult to find comparable assets for the purposes of valuation;
 It ignores unrecorded assets.
 " Book Value-Plus"
 Even using replacement cost suffers the problem of ignoring unrecorded assets (e.g. goodwill).
 A possible solution is to use one the of formulae below:
 Equity value = replacement cost of net assets + (m
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