The General Distribution Company (GDC) is a privately-held company in the wholesale food distribution sector. You collected data on a sample of five listed companies in the same sector which are similar to GDC. Get five estimates of GDC’s equity value based on the following data: 

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Characteristics Sales EBITDA¹ Cash flow to equity holders net profits Book value of equity Market capitalization Enterprise value Net debt (debt less cash) GDC $4,079 million $390 million $102 million $168 million $1,288 million unknown unknown $856 million Average of 5 comparable companies $6,615 million $580 million $180 million $280 million $2,100 million $2,646 million $3,584 million Not available