Which of the followings is/are drawbacks associated with valuation by comparables with P/S or P/E? Earnings can be negative Company may have no earnings at all Sales may not be representative if products are different Sales can be manipulated      i, ii and iii     only i and iii     only i and ii     all

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  1. Which of the followings is/are drawbacks associated with valuation by comparables with P/S or P/E?

    1. Earnings can be negative
    2. Company may have no earnings at all
    3. Sales may not be representative if products are different
    4. Sales can be manipulated 
       

    i, ii and iii

       

    only i and iii

       

    only i and ii

       

    all

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If the the earnings are negetive, then value would also be negetive, which is not possible. 

If earnings are zero, value would be infinite, which is also not possible. 

Business, products or services may be entirely different so P/E rario of different industry companies can not be used.

Manipulation of sales is not possible because it can be cross variable by vat or sales tsx record.

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