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Your question can be rephrased as why should a company be valuated?

Do you not see a point in valuating a company?

Because if you do see a point, how else will you do it without assessing how much someone else would be willing to pay to acquire it, i.e. how much would it sell for?




In real estate there's this idea that if you plan on dying in your home then the value of it is unimportant.

That idea also applies here.


Unless you have a mortgage, or your city reassesses property taxes, or...


gais, taxes exist, therefore the idea of not worrying about the sale value of your property doesn't apply!




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