Guides and news
Concrete articles to read your numbers, finance your projects and succeed in an acquisition.
Every month we publish guides written with accountants and bankers: how to interpret intermediate management balances, what borrowing capacity to present to your bank, how a buyer reads a listing, which adjustments move a valuation. Each article links to the corresponding indicators of the Bilanea report to move from theory to your own numbers.
Published on 4 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Buying a business: the seven steps of a successful acquisition
From targeting to signing, an acquisition follows a marked path. Here are the seven steps, the classic traps and the documents to request at each phase.
reprise · marketplace · financement
Published on 4 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
How much is my business worth? The five methods that matter
EBITDA multiple, asset-based, earnings capitalisation, DCF: every method tells a different story. Learn to cross them to set a credible price.
valorisation · cession · reprise
Published on 4 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Cash flow from operations: how to calculate and read it
Operating cash flow measures the resource generated by the business. Here is how to compute it from a balance sheet and what a lender concludes from it.
analyse financière · CAF · trésorerie
Topics covered
- Reading a balance sheet and an income statement without jargon
- Cash flow from operations and borrowing capacity
- Valuing a small business, a shop, a firm
- Preparing a sale: adjustments and data room
- Financing an acquisition: equity, bank loan, seller financing
- Sector ratios and benchmarks