Process
How ValuBase Works
ValuBase follows a disciplined five-step process, mirroring how a corporate-finance professional would approach a valuation — but in minutes, in your browser.
The five steps
From profile to indicative valuation
- 01
Business Profile
Enter the company name, location, sector, subsector and business size. These inputs establish the market context used to calibrate the valuation.
- 02
Financial Performance
Provide three years of revenue, gross profit, operating profit and other financial information. ValuBase calculates reported EBITDA and relevant performance measures automatically.
- 03
EBITDA Adjustments
Normalise reported earnings for owner remuneration, exceptional costs, non-recurring income and other adjustments. Then select the appropriate method for estimating maintainable EBITDA.
- 04
Business Quality
Assess the factors that can influence value, including market position, customer quality, operational dependence and saleability. Customer concentration is also incorporated into the assessment.
- 05
Valuation
Review the indicative Enterprise Value range and the components behind it, including maintainable EBITDA, market calibration and company-specific adjustments. Optional market-condition and advanced adjustments can then be applied where appropriate.
Valuation logic
From financial performance to indicative value
ValuBase does not simply apply a generic multiple to the latest reported EBITDA. The valuation is built progressively from the company's financial performance, market context and business-specific characteristics.
Normalise
Establish sustainable earnings
Reported earnings are adjusted for relevant one-off, owner-specific and non-recurring items to establish an adjusted earnings base.
Maintainable EBITDA
Estimate the earnings a buyer may value
Maintainable EBITDA is derived using the selected latest-year, weighted-average, simple-average or manual methodology.
Market calibration
Calibrate the valuation multiple
Business size, sector and subsector are used to establish a market-calibrated EBITDA multiple rather than relying on a single generic SME multiple.
Business-specific
Reflect quality and risk
Business quality, customer concentration and any applicable market-condition adjustments refine the valuation for the characteristics of the individual company.
The output
More than a single valuation number
The result is presented as an indicative Enterprise Value range, together with the principal assumptions and adjustments used to derive it.
Indicative valuation range
See conservative, midpoint and optimistic Enterprise Value estimates rather than relying on a single point estimate.
Valuation bridge
See how maintainable EBITDA, the market-calibrated multiple and business-specific factor combine to produce the midpoint valuation.
Key valuation drivers
Review the factors having the greatest positive and negative influence on the valuation.
Printable valuation report
Generate a structured report summarising the financial analysis, adjustments, market calibration, business-quality assessment and valuation conclusion.
Transparent by design
See how the valuation is constructed
ValuBase is designed to make the assumptions behind an indicative valuation visible. The user can review the maintainable EBITDA methodology, market calibration, business-quality assessment and other adjustments rather than receiving an unexplained headline figure.
Financial assumptions
Historical performance and EBITDA adjustments remain visible throughout the valuation process.
Market assumptions
The size, sector and subsector calibration used in determining the valuation multiple is shown in the results.
Business-specific assumptions
Quality, concentration and discretionary adjustments are separately identified so their effect on value can be understood.
Privacy
Your financial inputs stay in your browser
ValuBase performs the valuation calculations within your browser. No account is required, and the financial information entered into the valuation tool is not uploaded or saved by ValuBase.
This makes it possible to explore an indicative valuation without creating an account or submitting company financial information to a ValuBase database.
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