Firm valuation methods and an application of Borsa Istanbul

The purpose of this thesis is to survey firm valuation methods seen as one of the most importan tissues today and analysis of these methods with implementing the methods to a company traded on the Borsa Istanbul. To determine the value of an asset isone of the significant topics in the economy.It is quite difficult to find a precise result in valuation process because of its specialities.Each method has its own assumptions and potential results are easily affected by some personal replies or by the daily movements of the market.Therefore, various people or institutions engaged in valuation work have their own assumptions and they meet their valuation goal with different ways,so results are changeable.To be having objective perspective is the key word of the consistent valuation. After the formation of value concept, characteristics and firm valuation methods are examined, some implementations are worked include from the analysis of the industry until the valuation process that is discussed with one popular firm exchanged in Borsa Istanbul. Finally the obtained results from this thesis are just forecast, however the crucial point is to estimate the likelihood of these results realization. Key Words: Value, Firm Valuation, Valuation Methods, Financial Analysis