Companies’ evaluation has been a constant concern of managers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and can meet several objectives. In the present work we intend to describe some of the methods of evaluating companies, with the purpose of indicating the most appropriate to find the “true” value of a company. After a careful review of the literature, which is particularly suited for Companies valuation, we believe that the CVA - Cash Value Added method is the one that reflects the most “fair” value of the company being assessed.
