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Valuation is how much a company is worth; valuation and value may be used interchangeably, or valuation may refer to the process of determining a companyβs value. A public companyβs value is expressed by how much people are willing to pay for the shares on the stock market. For a private company, the companyβs value is determined in negotiations between the founders raising money and the investors.