The Board of Directors of a listed company wish to estimate a reasonable valuation of the entire share capital of the company in the event of a takeover bid.
The company's current profit before taxation is $4.0 million.
The rate of corporate tax is 25%.
The averageP/Emultiple of listed companies in the same industry is 8 times current earnings.
TheP/E multiple of recent takeovers in the same industry have ranged from 9 times to 10 times current earnings.
The averageP/Emultiple of the top 100 companies on the stock market is 15 times current earnings.
Advise the Board of Directors which of the following is a reasonable estimate of a range of values of the entire share capital in the event of a bid being made for thewhole company?
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