What Is Market Value and How Do You Calculate It?

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What Is Market Value?
What Is Market Value Used for?
Investment
Selling a Business
Business Loans
Being Publicly Traded
How is Market Value Expressed?
EPS
Book Value per Share
Market Value per Share
P/E Ratio
Market/Book Ratio
How to Calculate the Market Value of a Business
Assets Approach
Income Approach
Market Approach
Market Value Limitations
The Takeaway
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Frequently Asked Questions
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About the Author
Su Guillory is a freelance business writer and expat coach. She’s written several business books and has been published on sites including Forbes, AllBusiness, and SoFi. She writes about business and personal credit, financial strategies, loans, and credit cards.
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