The good news is, depending upon your needs, these programs may save you tens of thousands of dollars. The bad news is, they all fall short of providing an accurate market estimate of what your company might be worth. For that, you'll still need the human factor.
Financial analysts use a two-step process to arrive at the value of a business.
Step one is to crunch the numbers. Asset appraisal analysis determines the worth of a company's property, plant and equipment, often as a prelude to liquidation. Replacement cost analysis evaluates a company by what it would cost to replace its assets, usually as a prelude to a merger or acquisition. Comparable companies analysis provides a relative business valuation based on the selling price of similar companies that recently sold. In the case of public companies, stock price is also compared.