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Dental Practice Valuation Insights
June 24, 2016 / in Business Valuation / by Exit Strategies
It seems that every time I value a dental practice the industry has undergone or is going through significant changes. Patients and the medical community are rapidly recognizing dentists as oral health specialists which is expanding the services being offered by the dental industry. The dental professional is looking beyond the mouth. Connections between oral health and whole body health are allowing for more collaboration around sleep problems, oral cancer, facial esthetics, and periodontal health. …
Risk and its Effect on Enterprise Value
March 31, 2016 / in Business Valuation, Exit Planning / by Exit Strategies
Investors have choices in how to allocate their investment dollars across the risk and return spectrum. Whether it be bonds, public company equity, or private company equity, an astute investor will evaluate the risk of return and expect to be compensated according to this risk. Business valuation, whether for public or private companies, has three key variables: growth, profit margins, and risk. Growth and profit margins are more easily understood by most business owners and …
Business Valuation and M&A Services for Estates and Trusts
March 9, 2016 / in Business Valuation, Exit Planning / by Al Statz
This article takes a look at the various situations in which trusts and estates (those that hold private business interests) need business valuation or M&A brokerage services. Business Valuation Services Our firm, Exit Strategies Group, regularly provides fair market value appraisals (a.k.a. valuations) of closely-held corporations, FLPs and LLCs for estate planning, gifting, estate tax, charitable donations, buy-sell transactions and succession planning. We value fractional interests in operating companies and asset holding companies using appropriate …
Business Values: Labyrinth or Maze?
February 15, 2016 / in Business Valuation / by Bob Altieri
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (Greek λαβύρινθος labyrinthos) was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. In English, the term labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze. As a result of the long history of …
Necessary Components in Business Valuation
February 10, 2016 / in Business Valuation / by Jim Leonhard
Business valuations (a.k.a. appraisals) come in many shapes and sizes depending on who has done the work and the process they have followed. Here’s a brief checklist of what to look for in an appraiser’s engagement letter and CV prior to hiring him or her: 1. Is the appraiser competent to perform your business valuation? Verify that he or she has a current certification from one of the accrediting organizations, such as ASA, NACVA or IBA, as …
Interest Rates Likely to Rise After December FOMC Meeting
December 9, 2015 / in Business Valuation, News / by Louis Cionci
It is widely believed that the Federal Reserve will raise the rate it charges banks for overnight deposit lending, commonly called the federal funds rate at the December 15-16 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. The Federal Reserve controls the three tools of monetary policy–open market operations, the discount rate, and reserve requirements. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is responsible for the discount rate and reserve requirements, and the Federal …
Terminal Value Meets the Butcher and the Skilled Craftsmen
November 9, 2015 / in Business Valuation / by Exit Strategies
I got involved in a friendly debate with a business intermediary the other day. He was talking cynically about how easy it is to manipulate valuation results by playing games with the cost of capital and the growth rate. “It’s easier to slap an industry multiple to it, without all the fiction of precision,” he said. Specifically, he was objecting to “terminal value” for growth companies. In growth companies, terminal value can often comprise 50%-70% …
Monday Morning Quarterbacking in Business Valuations
September 2, 2015 / in Business Valuation / by Jim Leonhard
Is hindsight appropriate in retrospective valuations? As business valuation experts, we are often retained to provide a conclusion of value as of a date that is in the past. For example, valuations for estate tax filings often use the date of death, which can be as much as a year in the past. Valuation dates for litigation cases can be even further in the past. Normally, using hindsight is discouraged in business valuations — the expert …
Asset Appraisals May be Needed to Support a Business Valuation
July 26, 2015 / in Business Valuation, Sell a Business / by Jim Leonhard
I recently valued a number businesses that required the appraisal of certain tangible assets, such as real estate and equipment – in one case its was an extensive library of manuals and maintenance specifications for a service business. At what point do we look for a appraisal specialist with particular expertise to value such assets? The simple answer is, it depends on materiality. If it is clear that the business enterprise value is well …
Vaguely Right or Precisely Wrong about Cash Flow
June 3, 2015 / in Business Valuation, Exit Planning / by Al Statz
Warren Buffet once quoted the economist John Maynard Keynes, “I would rather be vaguely right, than precisely wrong,” in describing how he determines the appropriate cash flow measure of a company. Indeed, determining the value of a business is not a precise exercise. However, neither is the process random guesswork. After assessing the facts and circumstances of the business, the appraiser’s goal is to find a value that represents what hypothetical or actual market participants …