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Sum-of-the-Parts (SOTP)

Valuing a company as the sum of separately valued pieces: business segments each on their own multiple, or in biotech each pipeline programme at its rNPV, less unallocated corporate costs, plus net cash, divided by the diluted share count. Used where one multiple would misprice a mix of businesses at different stages or margins, and read for which part carries the value.

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