Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Multiplikatorverfahren

English translation:

multiples method

Added to glossary by Lee Penya
Jun 28, 2011 14:29
12 yrs ago
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German term

Multiplikatorverfahren

German to English Bus/Financial Finance (general)
This term appears in a statement concerning the valuation of a German company:

"Als kapitalwertorientiertes Verfahren hat die Bank ein Discounted-Cash-Flow-Verfahren angewendet. Als marktpreisorientierte Verfahren wurden das ***Multiplikatorverfahren*** auf Basis von Kennzahlen vergleichbarer börsennotierter Unternehmen (sog. Trading-Multiplikatoren) und das Multiplikatorverfahren auf Basis von Kennzahlen vergleichbarer Unternehmensanteile (sog. Transaction-Multiplikatoren) angewendet."

Target country: USA

Danke!

Proposed translations

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multiplier method

I'm no business expert, but this is what I first thought of and was able to find at Google. "...5. Valuation Method: Multiplier Method - Description: Multiply a key number in the business plan times an industry standard"
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agree philgoddard
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agree milinad
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Darrel. That helped me find "multiples method," which seems to be the correct translation (see, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valuation_using_multiples) Best, Lee "
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multiples variation

See URLs below. Also, for reference but without a translation:
http://www.onpulson.de/lexikon/3292/multiplikatorverfahren/

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Note added at 21 mins (2011-06-28 14:50:51 GMT)
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or "multiples" variation, in quotes
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