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trading-comps-builder
Construct a clean trading comps universe with disciplined peer selection, calendarization, EBITDA adjustments, and outlier treatment. Use when building the comps page of a valuation deck, framing a minority valuation reference, or pressure-testing a public-market reference range. Built around peer comparability, metric normalization, and the difference between a peer and a peer-shaped distractor.
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# Trading Comps Builder
## Purpose
Build a defensible public trading comparables set that supports a minority-stake valuation reference, frames the public-market view of the target, and survives a sharp counterparty's review.
The output is a small set of true peers — typically 6 to 12 — with clean, calendarized metrics, consistent EBITDA adjustments, and a documented rationale for inclusion or exclusion of every name considered.
## Governing Principle
**A peer is a company whose multiple a sophisticated investor would actually use to price the target. Everything else is a distractor.**
The discipline is in what gets cut, not in what gets added. A comps page with 25 names is usually a comps page with 6 peers and 19 things hiding the analysis.
