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How would you value a company with no revenue at all?

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Question added by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies
Date Posted: 2015/04/25
Abdul Majid Khatri
by Abdul Majid Khatri , A Qualified Chartered Accountant , Honeycomb Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

The company with no revenue at all can be valued by Net Asset Method.

Mohammed Salim Allana
by Mohammed Salim Allana , Compliance and Assurance Manager , United Arab Bank

The valuation of a company is based on its net assets and liabilities (if not a going concern).

حسين محمد ياسين
by حسين محمد ياسين , Finance Manager , مؤسسة عبد الماجد محمد العمر للمقاولات العامة

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It depends on what you mean by 'no revenue'.

 

If this is a pre-revenue firm (a venture investment, for example, in a technology start-up), the firm will provide projected income over the next 5-10-15, up to 40 years along with associated expenses. You will conduct a normal DCF on a high WACC and calculate your present value of the business, which will be allocated to the various shareholding rounds (Series A, Series B, etc.) of investing using a waterfall and/or Monte Carlo allocation. There are a couple other techniques used for a 'pre-revenue' firm.

The other situation, where the firm used to be a going concern and/or cash-flow generating entity but is no longer conducting any operations, you will look into  a net asset approach where the assets are acquired by a strategic and/or financial buyer, who will calculate a value based on their expected synergies. They might just use a cost/replacement approach for the assets but will generally apply significant discounts to the value of the business given the distressed nature (since it has suspended revenues). A more appropriate question would be a firm with no income - if a firm does not have any revenue, it is not conducting any business activity and will generally be in control of the debtholders (because it still has expenses, assuming it had debt to begin with).Never a single answer in valuations. It all depends on the situation you are in.

عبدالحميد عفلي
by عبدالحميد عفلي , متصرّف مسؤول المحاسبة العامة والنزاعات الجبائية , الشركة الجهوية للنقل بالقيروان

it must save the recorded expenses, and it will recognize a loss in income.

Ghulam Bari Haneef
by Ghulam Bari Haneef , Computer Operator cum Accountant , Neutro Pharma Pvt ltd

with net value method of its assets.

Talal AL-Fouzan
by Talal AL-Fouzan , Dealer , AL-Madena for finance and investment

through its assets, in general from its balance sheet.

Ahsan Amjad Bashir
by Ahsan Amjad Bashir , Associate, Corporate Finance , Tawazun Economic Council

The company that does not have revenues at all would probably be valued based on Net-Asset Value i.e. the current value of it's Non-Current + Current Assets Less: Liabilities. 

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