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What is a firm's fundamental, or intrinsic, value? What might cause a firm's intrinsic value to be different from its actual market value?

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Intrinsic value of a firm is the actual value of the firm, and not the market price of the share based value.

Step-by-step explanation:

Intrinsic value is generally computed using the asset based method, as per this method we compute the actual value of each asset in the firm separately, and then deduct the value of liabilities from it. In this manner, we estimate the current value of the firm.

Whereas the market value is computed using the stock price of in the market.

As the market value is based solely on the market value of the stock, it does not consider sometimes the actual circumstances, as for example, the land value of the firm might be 10 times more than the value recorded in the books. Because it is recorded at historical cost, although the current value is generally more of a well established firm.

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