Compare Valuation Methods, Frameworks & Tools
Structured side-by-side analysis to help you choose the right approach for intangible asset valuation, accounting standards, and tools.
Relief from Royalty vs MPEEM: Which Method to Use
RFR values IP using royalty savings. MPEEM isolates excess earnings from customer assets. When to use each method in PPA and intangible valuation.
Relief from Royalty vs Cost Approach
Comparing income-based RFR with cost-based valuation for intangible assets. When each method provides the most reliable fair value estimate.
DCF vs Market Approach for Intangibles
DCF vs Market Approach for intangible asset valuation. Comparing intrinsic value modelling with market-based benchmarks for fair value measurement.
MPEEM vs With-and-Without Method
Comparing MPEEM and the With-and-Without method for valuing intangible assets. When to isolate excess earnings versus model the absence of an asset.
RFR vs MPEEM vs With and Without (W&W)
Three-way comparison of RFR, MPEEM and With & Without — when each method fits, what data you need, and how to defend the choice in PPA and audit.
Income vs Cost Approach for Intangibles
Income Approach vs Cost Approach for intangible assets. When future earnings drive value versus when replacement cost is the better measure.
Pre-Tax vs Post-Tax Discount Rates in Valuation
Pre-tax vs post-tax discount rates for intangible asset valuation. How each is derived, when each is required, and how to convert between them.
Greenfield vs Brownfield Valuation Approach
Greenfield vs brownfield valuation of intangible assets: how starting from zero rather than from an existing asset changes the method, inputs and result.
Reproduction vs Replacement Cost Approach
Reproduction cost vs replacement cost for valuing intangible assets: when to rebuild the exact asset, when to price a functional equivalent, and why.
Single Method vs Multi-Method Valuation Approach
Single-method vs multi-method intangible asset valuation: when one method is enough, and when cross-checking with a second gives a more defensible value.
Royalty Rate vs Discount Rate in RFR
Royalty rate vs discount rate — what each represents, where each sits in the RFR model, how each is sourced, and the audit tests that govern them.
TAB vs Amortisation Benefit
TAB is a formulaic adjustment in income-approach fair-value work; amortisation benefit is the broader commentary term used by lenders and sell-side.
Contributory Asset Charge vs Economic Rent
CAC is the formal mechanical charge applied in MPEEM. Economic rent is the broader concept of an asset earning above opportunity cost — CAC implements it.
Replacement Cost vs Reproduction Cost
Replacement cost estimates a substitute of equivalent utility; reproduction cost recreates an exact replica. Replacement cost dominates for intangibles.
Royalty Relief vs Loss of Licence
RFR values an owned intangible by royalty avoided through ownership; Loss of Licence values an existing licence by cash flows lost if the licence ends.
IPEV vs IFRS 13 vs ASC 820 — Fair Value
IPEV is the practitioner standard for VC/PE fair value. IFRS 13 and ASC 820 are the accounting standards that define fair value and the input hierarchy.
IPEV: Multiples vs DCF vs Net Assets
Three of IPEV's five techniques: multiples for established companies, DCF for cash generators, net assets for asset-intensive or loss-making businesses.
Non-Compete vs Non-Solicit Valuation
Non-compete vs non-solicit — what each restrictive covenant protects, why both are intangible assets, and how PE practitioners value each in PPA work.