In this edition of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, Motley Fool One analyst Jason Moser takes a question from a Fool reader who asks: "What are a few ways to value a company? Can a balance sheet tell an investor everything he needs to know before investing?" Jason talks about the many different ways investors value companies including book value, discounted cash flow models, and multiples like the P/E ratio and EV/EBITDA along with the idea that while extremely important, value is only one piece of the overall investing puzzle.
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Ask a Fool: Valuable Ways to Value a Company
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Coca-Cola

How should you value a company before you buy its stock?
Jason Moser owns shares of Under Armour and Nike. The Motley Fool recommends Procter & Gamble. It recommends and owns shares of Coca-Cola, Markel, Nike, and Under Armour. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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