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rambazambar

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rambazambar··on I’m tired. So I’m selling my game that just went viral
I just included my background to point out the fact that my explanation is purely academic. Right now I cannot say whether your congratulations was sarcastic or not, but thank you ;)

To your answer: I wanted to point out what is being valued and how it works. In this case the only thing that is being valued is the income. All risks associated must be accounted for. This was also supposed to be a hint to another question regarding how to value a website that does not yet create revenue: here you value future estimated revenue.

To your argument: You are absolutely right, of course. But still you start with expected future income.

Similarly, icu argued that you do not have just one figure. I completely agree. But that also happens if you consider a range of assumptions instead of concrete numbers. And even if you have a limited amount of potential buyers and they might pay more or less, you have to have an idea of whatever your are selling is worth.

rambazambar··on I’m tired. So I’m selling my game that just went viral
Since I studied finance and investment management and also passed CFA level 1, I have to tell you: How much a company is worth depends on your investment horizon, which might be more than 1 year or you use more than 1 year's earnings forecast. But mostly you value dividends (discounted of course) and expected growth in price. This holds true for stocks of course. In this (I am talking about the OP) case you would probably estimate how risky the investment is and say if you would invest similarly risky in the stock market, you would want 10% per year. You estimate annual earnings say $500 and use your return to estimate the company's worth: $500/.1=$5000.