{"id":11920,"date":"2026-08-14T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itdni.pro\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:53:05","slug":"business-valuation-not-about-finding-one-correct-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itdni.pro\/en\/state-news-in-it-dnipro-community\/news-it-dnipro-community\/business-valuation-not-about-finding-one-correct-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Business valuation is not about finding one \u201ccorrect\u201d number. It is about translating assumptions about the future into today\u2019s monetary value."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a recent CFO Club ITDC workshop, we put this idea into practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with Viacheslav Durban, we examined the case of a company with UAH 100 million in revenue and arrived at three possible valuations: UAH 75 million, UAH 92 million, and UAH 105 million. Each figure had its own logic, as it was based on different methods and assumptions about the company\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case demonstrated how WACC, terminal value, CAPEX, working capital, and the choice of multiple affect the final result. For example, changing the long-term growth rate by just three percentage points can increase the terminal value by 27%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why a credible valuation is not a single definitive number, but a well-reasoned range that explains the assumptions behind it and highlights the key risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main takeaway from the workshop: <strong>instead of simply asking, \u00abWhat is the number?\u00bb, we should ask, \u00abWhat story about the future does it tell \u2014 and how credible is that story?\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We thank our speaker, <strong>Viacheslav Durban<\/strong>, for the practical insights, our moderator, <strong>Olha Cherepynska<\/strong>, for the meaningful discussion and valuable IT context, and all participants for their engagement and thoughtful professional questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent CFO Club ITDC workshop, we put this idea into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-it-dnipro-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Business valuation is not about finding one \u201ccorrect\u201d number. 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