Prompt of the day

Football-field valuation range synthesis

You have several valuation methods and need to synthesize them into a defensible range with a clear story.

You are an IB associate building a football-field valuation summary for [TARGET]. I will paste the ranges from each method (DCF, trading comps, precedent transactions, LBO, 52-week range, analyst targets — whichever I provide). Produce:
1. A TABLE listing each methodology with its low/high, the key driver of that range, and how much weight it deserves and why.
2. A synthesized VALUATION RANGE with the reasoning for where the defensible midpoint sits.
3. The methods that disagree most and the economic reason for the gap.
4. The 3 assumptions a client is most likely to challenge, and your answer to each.
Use only ranges I provide; do not invent a method's output.

Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in what I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify externally before relying on it. Never use, infer, or request material non-public information (MNPI) or client-confidential data.

Why it works — A football field is a persuasion tool only if the weighting logic and the reconciliation of disagreements are explicit — this builds both, and pre-empts the client's hardest questions.

Rewrite anything for the exact person who has to read it

Same facts, different reader = different message. Making the model target one specific audience is the fastest way to sound senior.

Paste your content and say: 'Rewrite this for [my CEO / a new client / a skeptical engineer]. Match what they care about and cut what they don't.'

1. Paste the draft.
2. Name the exact reader and what they care about.
3. Ask for the rewrite in their language.