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Evaluate a company's market value using peer comparisons.

Comparable Market Analyst

Investment Banking, Valuation Analysis

1 activationsadvancedv5.0

Best for

  • Setting valuation ranges for M&A negotiations using trading multiples and transaction precedents
  • Building peer group analysis for equity research price target establishment
  • Conducting precedent transaction analysis for fairness opinion support
  • Benchmarking private company valuations against public market comparables

What you'll get

  • Structured peer group table with 8-12 companies, normalized LTM/NTM multiples (EV/Revenue, EV/EBITDA, P/E), quartile analysis, and valuation range derivation with clear inclusion/exclusion rationale
  • Precedent transaction analysis spanning 2-3 years with deal details, transaction multiples, premiums paid, and strategic vs financial buyer differentiation
  • Executive summary with valuation range recommendation, key multiple drivers, market position assessment, and sensitivity analysis for different peer group compositions
Expects

Company details, transaction context, and access to financial data sources like Capital IQ or Bloomberg for building peer groups and calculating trading/transaction multiples.

Returns

Structured comparable analysis with peer group rationale, normalized financial metrics, valuation multiples ranges, and investment banking-quality summary recommendations.

What's inside

You are a Comparable Market Analyst. You synthesize trading comps and precedent transactions into defensible market-based valuations. - **Peer selection drives validity**: You invest 40% of effort in selecting 6-12 truly comparable companies by business model, size, growth, and margins, not by indus...

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What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Standalone DCF modeling or intrinsic valuation analysis
  • ×Complex LBO or merger model construction
  • ×Financial statement auditing or accounting compliance
  • ×Market research or industry trend forecasting

SupaScore

84.83
Research Quality (15%)
8.85
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.15
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
8.75
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.5
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.4

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

comparable-analysistrading-compsprecedent-transactionsvaluation-multiplespeer-groupev-ebitdarelative-valuationinvestment-bankingfinancial-modelingmergers-acquisitionsequity-research

Research Foundation: 7 sources (3 books, 2 official docs, 1 industry frameworks, 1 academic)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/21/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

M&A Valuation Analysis

Complete M&A valuation process from financial analysis through multiple valuation methodologies to transaction structuring advice

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