Industry Analysis
Unique value drivers vary wildly across industries – benchmarks that hold true in one vertical may be completely irrelevant in another. BVR’s industry-level data and research illuminates the unique factors at play across a host of sectors.
Guides & Books
FactSet Review, 2024
May 2024
The FactSet Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions. And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples.
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BVR’s Guide to Physician Practice Finance and Valuation, Fourth Edition
April 2024
The Healthcare industry is as dynamic and ever-evolving as modern medicine is. BVR’s Guide to Physician Practice Finance and Valuation, 4th Edition isn’t just an update, it’s a completely reworked look at the key issues impacting healthcare valuation. Keep up on the latest insights relating to regulatory changes, insurance considerations, the lingering effects of both inflation and COVID-19, how Stark regulations influence the industry and much more!
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2024 Business Reference Guide
January 2024
With up-to-date rules of thumb and pricing details on more than 800 types of businesses, this guide is a must-have for transaction brokers, accountants, attorneys, business appraisers, banks, business-lending institutions, professional advisors—anyone involved with privately owned business.
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What It’s Worth: Valuing Jewelry Stores
November 2023
Stay appraised of all the latest methodologies in the jewelry industry! The report explains how jewelry stores operate, the nature of their revenue streams, value drivers, the industry environment, the risks involved, and other factors.
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FactSet Review, 2023
May 2023
The FactSet Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions. And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples.
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Cannabis Industry Accounting and Appraisal Guide, 2nd edition
May 2023
With the Second Edition of The Cannabis Industry Accounting and Appraisal Guide, authors Stacey Udell, Ron Seigneur and Brenda Clarke, distill their wealth of experience into over 340 pages of must-read insights, for anyone involved in this fascinating, rapidly evolving industry sector, including bookkeepers and accountants, lawyers, management and ownership and other advisors.
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Engagement Guide to Understanding and Valuing Medical Practice Specialties
April 2023
Mastering the numerous physician specialty services is an especially nuanced and challenging aspect of medical practice valuations. Mark Dietrich’s new Engagement Guide to Understanding and Valuing Medical Practice Specialties delivers the hands-on, practical guidance any practitioner needs to complete the most accurate conclusions possible
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What It’s Worth: Valuing Fitness Centers, Health Clubs, and Gyms
February 2023
Valuing fitness centers and gyms can provide a serious workout for even veterans of the business valuation field. Make sure you're up to date with all the latest considerations and industry-specific challenges, with this must-read report.
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What It's Worth: Valuing Nightclubs, Bars, and Adult Cabarets
July 2022
This report provides a solid foundational understanding of the business of nightclubs, bars, and adult cabarets. It explains how these firms operate, the nature of their revenue streams, value drivers, the industry environment, the risks involved, and other key factors for valuation professional and any other stakeholder in a related business.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2022
June 2022
The Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions. And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples.
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What It's Worth: Valuing Insurance Agencies
September 2021
What It’s Worth: Valuing Insurance Agencies takes a deep dive into the unique considerations for insurance agency and brokerage valuation – as well as the long-term outlook for consumer preferences and financial performance. The report draws upon the best data and industry sources available, summarizes key insights and appraisal factors, and will help guide your professional judgment in determining a conclusion of value that is as reliable as ever.
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Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations, Third Edition
August 2021
Benchmark data is used to help support the allocation of intangible assets and the estimation of remaining useful lives for a purchase price allocation (PPA). Now in its third edition, Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations delivers a compilation of reported, vetted and carefully analyzed data, particularly focused on useful lives of intangible assets as reflected in almost 16,000 purchase price allocations
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What It's Worth: Valuing Full-Service Restaurants
October 2020
Valuing restaurants has always been a dynamic and challenging process, now more than ever before given the impact of COVID-19 on eateries. To meet this challenge, a back-to-basics approach steeped in fundamentals is required in order to build a foundation on which to develop a valuation in today’s volatile environment. This new and timely industry report from the editorial experts at BVR takes a deep dive into the unique considerations for restaurant valuation
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What It's Worth: Valuing Residential and Commercial Construction Companies
February 2020
What It’s Worth: Valuing Residential and Commercial Construction Companies is an ideal and timely resource for anyone looking for insight into what drives value in a building enterprise and how to account for every special consideration. The report includes a case study that will illuminate and inform any stakeholder’s thinking. Expert contributors analyze actual market comps from the DealStats transaction database along with industry intelligence from The Business Reference Guide.
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BVR Briefing - Cannabis and Hemp Valuations: A Market Analysis
January 2020
There is no better time for the new “BVR Briefing - Cannabis and Hemp Valuations: A Market Analysis” study by Ryan Cram, CVA, and Ron Seigneur, CPA/ABV, CVA, ASA. Cram and Seigneur present an empirically-based alternative to the “one-size-fits-all” application of market approach in the cannabis industry by putting current cannabis market sentiment and factors in the context of privately-held growth assets and relies upon the same rigor in data selection and research.
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The State of Legal Cannabis Markets – 7th Edition
June 2019
As the cannabis industry grows–for both investors and operators–market intelligence becomes a significant source of competitive advantage. The seventh edition of this report leverages the most robust and accurate database of millions of actual point-of-sale data created by BDS Analytics, making market projections and estimates better informed, and allowing us to bring you more granular and precise data than ever before.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2019
May 2019
The FactSet Mergerstat Review–U.S. Edition is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2018
May 2018
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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Architecture and Engineering Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study, Fifth Edition
April 2018
Now in its fifth year, this study examines data from 169 distinct stock transactions collected via a confidential online survey. All data is analysed and compiled by Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners’ team of accredited business appraisers — individuals with decades of experience valuing privately held architecture and engineering (A/E) firms.
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What It's Worth: Valuing Paving Contractors
April 2018
In BVR's new special report, What It’s Worth: Valuing Paving Contractors, you’ll get advice from top experts who work with this industry on a daily basis. You'll learn the best methods to apply when valuing a paving company and gain critical insights on industry trends and risks.
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BVR/AHLA Guide to Valuing Physician Compensation and Healthcare Service Arrangements, Second Edition
October 2017
This new guide challenges and deconstructs the industry’s current standard for the fair market value (FMV) of physician clinical compensation based on the exclusive use of survey data and certain percentile-based valuation methods. Itdebunks the current “survey says” paradigm and provides the foundation for a completely new standard for the FMV of physician clinical compensation.
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What It's Worth: Valuing HVAC Companies
August 2017
BVR's new special report, "What It's Worth: Valuing HVAC Companies," covers the unique factors that drive HVAC company value, the fundamental ways to measure what a business is worth, insight into the current market for HVAC companies, and how to boost the value of your HVAC business before cashing out. This comprehensive resource is a must-have to benchmark the value of an HVAC company.
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What It's Worth: Valuing Electrical Contracting Companies
July 2017
BVR's special report, What It’s Worth: Valuing Electrical Contracting Companies, is your resource for understanding the accounting, operational, and workforce components that affect value within this dynamic industry. With guidance from valuation experts Erin Hollis, Matthew Crane, and others, this report explores the components that go into valuing electrical contractors, as well as the risk factors associated with their operations.
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The BVR Private Company Value Benchmark Guide, 2017-2018 Edition
June 2017
The BVR Private Company Value Benchmark Guide is a one-of-a kind tool designed specifically for the private equity library. In the guide we aggregate our most meaningful data and analysis and present private company valuations by industry and key financial metrics. Add the guide to your valuation research team today.
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What It's Worth: Valuing Oil, Gas, and Alternative Energy Assets, Second Edition
April 2017
The special report, “What It’s Worth: Valuing Oil, Gas, and Alternative Energy Assets, Second Edition” keeps business appraisers, analysts and owners current with the key trends, data, and valuation approaches in this constantly evolving space.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2017
April 2017
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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Architecture/Engineering Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study, Fourth Edition
March 2017
Now in its fourth year, this study examines data from 198 distinct stock transactions collected via a confidential online survey. All data is analyzed and compiled by Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners’ team of accredited business appraisers — individuals with decades of experience valuing privately held architecture and engineering (A/E) firms. The result is the most comprehensive and reliable study of business valuations and mergers and acquisitions ever published for the A/E and environmental consulting industries.
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What It's Worth: Law Firm Value
January 2017
BVR's special report, "What It's Worth: Law Firm Value," provides a solid foundation for determining law firm value and offers law firm owners with critical advice on succession planning. This comprehensive resource helps appraisers understand the key considerations to take into account when valuing a law firm including goodwill, origination credits, billing, and productivity.
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BVR Guide to Ancillary Healthcare Services Valuation
December 2016
In the new BVR Guide to Ancillary Healthcare Services Valuation, 15 of the top U.S. healthcare valuation experts have contributed a collection of tried and true methods infused with new and innovative approaches that will challenge the future direction of healthcare valuation.
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Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide, 2017 Edition
November 2016
The Marijuana Licensing Reference Guide, 2017 Edition, co-published by Cannabiz Media and BVR, is an invaluable resource for owners and operators, investors, business appraisers, financial experts, regulators, lobbyists, government officials, and others who want and need to understand the marketplace opportunities and risks of this industry.
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BVR's Guide to Physician Practice Valuation, Third Edition
August 2016
BVR's Guide to Physician Practice Valuation, Third Edition is the essential resource for understanding the complexities inherent in physician practice valuation, whether for sale to a hospital, private equity firm, or to another physician. Edited by renowned healthcare valuation thought leader Mark Dietrich, CPA/ABV, with contributions from 21 of the top healthcare valuation experts and attorneys in the profession, this new guide provides healthcare administrators, appraisers, and attorneys with current and comprehensive "how-to" guidance on valuation approaches in this evolving industry.
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What It's Worth: Value and Business Challenges in the Budding Cannabis Industry (PDF)
August 2016
What It's Worth: Value and Business Challenges in the Budding Cannabis Industry helps you navigate the swirl of issues that surround providing services to cannabis businesses. The authors, experts who know this industry inside and out, walk readers through the unique aspects of a cannabis business’s financial records, key valuation challenges, benchmarking data, and more.
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What It's Worth: Hotel Business Value
June 2016
In "What It's Worth: Hotel Business Value," the authors provide an overview of the opportunities available in the hospitality industry and walk readers through a detailed case study covering valuation considerations from estimating room revenues and expenses to applying a cost approach and asset allocation method.
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The BVR/AHLA Guide to Healthcare Industry Finance and Valuation, Fourth Edition
May 2016
The new edition of the BVR/AHLA Guide to Healthcare Industry Finance and Valuation, is the premier resource for appraisers, attorneys, and healthcare administrators involved in any healthcare valuation. Edited by renowned valuation thought leader Mark Dietrich, and co-published with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), this comprehensive guide addresses all aspects of healthcare valuation.
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What It's Worth: Brewery Value
May 2016
BVR's new special report, What It’s Worth: Brewery Value, offers advice from top experts who work with craft breweries and study valuation issues associated with this industry daily. These experts walk you through the very specific factors involved in brewery valuation, from the best valuation approaches to use, considerations for valuing the buildings associated with the brewery, the specialized equipment needed to produce the beers, and the value of the key personnel who operate the brewery.
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What It's Worth: Winery Value
May 2016
In What It’s Worth: Winery Value, you’ll get advice from top experts who work with wineries and study valuation issues associated with this industry on a daily basis. These experts walk you through the factors involved in winery valuation and examine the top value drivers including real estate, wine clubs, ancillary product sales, and production capacity.
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Franchise Value: Valuation Methods and Benchmarking Data
April 2016
This special report, "Franchise Value: Valuation Methods and Benchmarking Data," tackles the myriad of valuation challenges and presents a vast amount of valuable franchise benchmarking data, broken down by major industry. Successfully navigate your next franchise valuation with important lessons from the courts and tips on how to overcome the most common franchise valuation issues.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2016
April 2016
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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What It's Worth: Automobile Dealership Value
March 2016
What It’s Worth: Auto Dealership Value (formerly Key Trends Driving Auto Dealership Value) provides you with wisdom from numerous experts who work with auto dealerships and study the valuation issues associated with this industry daily.
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Business Valuation Yearbook 2016
February 2016
Keep up with business valuation’s most innovative approaches and techniques, new court decisions, and regulatory and professional standards updates. BVR has you covered with the Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2016. This newest edition from the publishers of Business Valuation Update covers the year’s most groundbreaking and thought-provoking advancements
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BVR Legal and Court Case Yearbook 2016
February 2016
The BVR Legal and Court Case Yearbook 2016 is essential for business appraisers and attorneys who want to stay ahead of their peers on the most important legal issues confronting business valuation. With in-depth analysis from BVR’s legal team, the lessons learned in this book help appraisers come to better and more defensible valuation conclusions.
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What It's Worth: Architecture and Engineering Firm Value (PDF)
December 2015
In this BVR special report, What It's Worth: Architecture and Engineering Firm Value, experts home in on these issues to help business valuators, business brokers, and A/E practice owners understand the nuances to valuing a firm, along with data analysis that reveals the latest benchmarks in A/E firm value.
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What It's Worth: Accounting Firm Value (PDF)
November 2015
BVR’s new What It’s Worth series starts out with Accounting Firm Value, which offers an in depth look at the value drivers in and the valuation of accounting firms. This report contains vital advice from industry experts for both firm owners and the appraisers who value them. These experts share their vast knowledge and best practices, which will bring readers up-to-date on the pressing issues and key drivers of practice value, along with data analysis that shows the latest benchmarks in accounting firm valuation.
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What It's Worth: Veterinary Practice Value (PDF)
November 2015
BVR’s new special report, What It’s Worth: Veterinary Practice Value, brings business appraisers, practice owners, and potential buyers up-to-date on the current market trends and key drivers of vet practice value. This report provides important benchmarking data and valuation rules of thumb, along with expert guidance on professional practice issues such as goodwill, covenants not to compete, and common valuation errors and challenges.
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Benchmarking Seller's Discretionary Earnings in a Small Business: Based on data from Pratt's Stats (PDF)
June 2015
This special report reveals what small business owners are achieving in seller's discretionary earnings by sector and company size with benchmarking from 21 industry groupings including real estate, personal services, restaurants, construction and more.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2015
April 2015
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2015
February 2015
BVR has you covered with the latest news in the business valuation profession! Get your Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2015 now to stay up to date with the most innovative approaches and techniques, leading conferences, new court decisions and changes in regulations and standards in the profession with on-the-ground reporting from valuation experts, thought-leaders and the BVR editorial team.
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BVR Legal and Court Case Yearbook 2015
February 2015
The BVR Legal and Court Case Yearbook 2015 is essential for business valuation professionals and attorneys to stay current on the most important legal issues confronting the profession. The Yearbook covers marital disputes, breach of contract actions, damages, dissenting shareholder disputes, estate and gift tax cases, federal taxation, intellectual property cases, bankruptcy litigation, and more.
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2015 Architecture/Engineering Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study
January 2015
The 2015 Architecture and Engineering Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study examines data from over 230 distinct stock transactions collected via a confidential online survey.
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Valuing Companies with Real Estate: Appraisal Experts Untangle the Issues (PDF)
September 2014
BVR’s special report,Valuing Companies with Real Estate: Appraisal Experts Untangle the Issues addresses the unique concerns and challenges of valuing a company with real estate. This report, with perspective from both real estate and business appraisers will help steer the profession toward a more sensible consensus.
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Painting Companies: What's Your Business Worth? (PDF)
June 2014
After a long lull, construction and home buying, along with remodeling activity are on the rise. With this improving industry landscape, contractors need to know how to create more value in their painting companies to get the most when they are ready to sell. Painting Companies: What’s Your Business Worth? hones in on the unique characteristics and considerations important to contractors who are looking to increase and maintain value in their businesses.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2014
May 2014
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2013
April 2013
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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Key Trends in the Valuation of Government Contracting Firms (PDF)
January 2013
Key Trends in the Valuation of Government Contracting Firms: A BVR Special Report discusses the unique characteristics and considerations important to owners and valuation professionals in deriving value estimates for businesses that contract with the federal government.
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Physician Practices: Key Value Drivers in a Changing Environment (PDF)
December 2012
With health reform initiatives driving the frantic pace of physician practice acquisitions, both hospital systems and physician practices are positioning their organizations for success in a new environment. Physician Practices: Key Value Drivers in a Changing Environment discusses the drivers of physician practice value, poses critical questions to ask and analyses to undertake for a successful acquisition, and shares lessons learned from industry peers.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2012
April 2012
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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BVR's Guide to Valuing Wholesalers
November 2011
Like few other economic sectors, small and medium-sized distribution companies, wholesalers are under extreme margin pressure because of price discovery enabled by the internet. Shrinking margins mean that savvy wholesalers must fight technological fire with technology investments in purchasing, selling, and warehouse operations.
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BVR's Guide to Valuing Dental Practices
October 2011
BVR's Guide to Valuing Dental Practices details the mature, multi-method process of dental practice valuation and the qualitative factors that go into the appraisal. With exclusive articles by top experts in the profession and actual valuation reports to aid the practitioner in understanding the critical elements, this Guide is an important resource every appraiser should have in their business valuation library.
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Lost Profits Damages in Construction Claims (PDF)
September 2011
The nature of economic damages in the construction industry is unique mainly due to the numerous events that can impact timing, performance or the sequence of a project. BVR’s Special Report on Lost Profits Damages in Construction Claims covers the examination of typical claim types and pricing methodologies as well as the calculation of lost profits and the appropriate methods and procedures used to determine net economic damages.
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FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2011
April 2011
The FactSet Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of any mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have resource delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions, and also lists unit divestitures, management buyouts, and certain asset sales.
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BVR's Guide to Restaurant Valuation
March 2010
In BVR’s Guide to Restaurant Valuation, expert Ed Moran, along with a small army of other franchise and restaurant professionals, walks you through the complicated, yet fascinating, process of determining a restaurant's value - while sharing some of his favorite eating establishments along the way.
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Training
Black Scholes Option Model: Global Education by iiBV (eLearning Course)
The Black Scholes Option Model was first published in 1973, but the applicability in valuation is strong to this day. Join iiBV expert Andrew Strickland as he dissects and explains the various components of the models, and how they can be utilized in your valuation.
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Excel for Valuation: Beginner to Advanced (eLearning course)
Whether you're new to the field or a veteran business valuation practitioner, there is no tool more critical than Excel. BVR's new eLearning course, "Excel for Valuation: Beginner to Advanced," will catapult your Excel knowledge and skills so you can work as efficiently as possible with spreadsheets, formulas and functions. You can customize the course to match your skill level; start with the very basics or jump right into more complex areas. The eLearning combination of video, notes, take-away templates, quizzes, and exercises ensure you will remain thoroughly engaged for the duration of the course.
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International Business Valuation Standards and Ethics (eLearning course)
Valuation is a global profession, and for many that means complying with the new 2020 International Valuation Standards and Code of Ethical Principles. This comprehensive eLearning course delivers what you need to know to demonstrate global valuation competency and understand the significant changes to the standards. See practical and relevant examples by working through an actual case study that follows all of the logical steps of a valuation engagement. Hold yourself to a higher global standard and be prepared to venture wherever your next valuation assignment takes you.
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International Cost of Capital: Global Education by iiBV (eLearning course)
The income approach is the most relied upon approach for most valuations, and determining the cost of capital for your engagement for a non-U.S. company is often difficult due to lack of local data. Utilizing commonly applied models in developing international cost of capital, such as relative volatility models or country yield spread models, is critical for success. Learn the shortcomings of each model in terms of their ability to capture the systematic and unsystematic risk in a subject company.
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Masterclass in the Valuation of Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs (eLearning course)
As professional appraisal methodology has advanced, so has the valuation of family limited partnerships (FLPs) and limited liability companies (LLCs). Adopting an analytical method for valuing FLPs and LLCs using the income and market approaches allows appraisers to more accurately and objectively determine a value that can withstand the scrutiny of IRS challenges. Experts Bruce Johnson, Jim Park, and Spencer Jefferies conduct case studies to teach the best practices for valuing noncontrolling, nonmarketable FLP and LLC interests.
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Monte Carlo: Applications, Examples and Best Practices for Valuation (eLearning course)
As complexity and uncertainty continue to increase, business valuation experts must up their game to master the challenges that accompany today's engagements. Rise to – and soar beyond – the occasion using Monte Carlo simulations, an indispensable method for advanced valuation scenarios. This eLearning course, "Monte Carlo: Applications, Examples and Best Practices for Valuation" distills the best instruction and content on the topic.
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Valuing Early Stage Companies: Global Education by iiBV (eLearning course)
Early stage companies are challenging to value. Often with undeveloped or even no revenue these companies require a unique set of tools for a business valuer. Learn the common models used to deploy valuations in this area such as the Current Value Method, Option Pricing Model, and the Probability Weighted Expected Return Method (PWERM), along with their shortcomings.
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Valuing Intangible Assets: Global Education by iiBV (eLearning course)
Every valuation professional needs to be able to identify the differences between intangible and tangible assets. The first step is to define the major categories of intangible assets and understand the common models used to determine value. Often the purpose of intangible valuation is for financial reporting contexts, including purchase price allocation. Join Jon Barton in this fundamental eLearning course that builds on core valuation concepts with in depth lectures and Excel-based case studies.
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Valuing Minority Interests: Global Education by iiBV (eLearning course)
Valuing a partial interest in a business is difficult, and when that interest is a minority ownership stake the impact to value can be significant. In this eLearning course, led by John Barton, you’ll learn methods to adjust for and quantify minority discounts. Control is a key issue, and understanding the multiple methods an appraiser can utilize is critical to a defensible valuation.
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Top Issues Impacting Cannabis Valuations
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The Valuation of Dealerships
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2024
Harvesting Knowledge: The Valuation of Wineries (A BVR Workshop)
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2024
Next in Line! Valuing a Limited-Service Restaurant
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Private Equity Roll Up of Professional Practices Valuation Considerations
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Valuing Businesses Catering to Seniors
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Adding Value to a Cannabis Business Valuation
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Bank Valuations 2023
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Construction Company Valuation
Deal & Market Data
BIZCOMPS - Main Street Private Company Transaction Comparables
BIZCOMPS, a comprehensive online database, is the most thorough and accurate resource for financial details on “Main Street” private companies. This must-have tool includes 16,135+ deals dating back to 2000 and removes marketplace uncertainty with access to meaningful financial information.
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Bizminer Premium Package
Get complete market intelligence with the Bizminer Premium Package!
This robust package includes all of the profiles and reports found in the Bizminer Starter Package, plus industry market profiles and reports, helping you gain a better understanding of your target market, and up to 40 report downloads credits with an annual subscription.
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Bizminer Pro Package
The Bizminer Pro Package offers complete access to all of Bizminer's financial and market analytics!
This robust package includes all reports in the Bizminer Premium Package, plus valuation tool, multiples and projections for 10 million U.S. business operations another tool for actionable outreach to your clients.
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Bizminer Starter Package
The Bizminer Starter Package includes the Industry Financial Series with in-depth US-state and metro market benchmarks for more than 5,000 industries, along with the Sole Proprietorship Financial Series covering 3,000 lines of business. The Bizminer Industry Financial reports are the best choice for extensive and cost-effective industry and geographic data available.
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Butler Pinkerton Calculator - Total Risk Allocator
The Butler Pinkerton Calculator (BPC) offers empirical data for total cost of equity (TCOE) and company-specific risk premiums (CSRP) – a first for the business valuation profession.
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DealStats (formerly Pratt's Stats)
DealStats (formerly Pratt's Stats) is the new generation of private and public company transaction comparables for valuation and M&A professionals. This state-of-the-art platform boasts the most complete financials on acquired companies in both the private and public sectors.
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FactSet/BVR Control Premium Study
Rely on more than 20 years of detailed transaction data in the FactSet/BVR Control Premium Study database. This robust online resource provides empirical support for quantifying control premiums, implied minority discounts, and public company valuation multiples.
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First Research Profiles
First Research Industry Profiles, State Profiles, and Canadian Province Profiles provide detailed industry and economic analysis in thousands of segments. In a matter of minutes you can gain key insights into your industry or geographic area. Reports are available on a subscription or single report basis.
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Vertical IQ - Industry Reports
Vertical IQ quickly turns you into an industry expert with hard-to-find intelligence on small- and medium-sized businesses in nearly 575+ industries. Designed to help valuation practitioners, Vertical IQ profiles dive into the details of risks, industry trends, financial metrics, operations, and financial challenges inherent to niche businesses of all types.
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News & Research
Business Valuation Update
The Business Valuation Update (BVU), a monthly newsletter with searchable online access, includes new thinking from leading professionals, detailed reports from valuation conferences, analysis of new business valuation approaches, thorough analysis of “landmark” legal cases in key business valuation issues, regulatory and standards updates, and much more.
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BVLaw
Turn to the exclusive BVLaw collection, which includes case digests and court opinions for thousands of business valuation and damages cases that deal with economic damages, lost profits, estate and gift tax, divorce, shareholder repression, partnership dissolution, securities litigation, and more.
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Blog Posts
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And the BVR Survey Says, Part 2
Check out the attendee survey results from the BVR webinar: 2023 Overview of the Marijuana Industry: The Coming Wave of Consolidation and Beyond. Opportunities Abound! Read more >>
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/ March
2021
Treasure Trove of Data in the 2021 Business Reference Guide
Business valuation experts can find a great deal of useful information in the Business Reference Guide (BRG) by Tom West, which has been updated for 2021. Now in its 31st year, the book contains the latest industry-related information including pricing tips, benchmarking information with comparison data, industry resources, and general industry data on over 600 types of businesses, including franchises. Read more >>
20
/ August
2020
Industries Most Affected by Coronavirus (Top Performing and Hardest Hit)
Vertical IQ is the leading provider of industry intelligence for those advising small- and medium-sized businesses, and their research team is working to provide updates on how COVID-19 affects industries, sectors, and economies. As the situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to develop, industries are experiencing the impacts in various ways. Read more >>
08
/ October
2019
Three Industry-Specific Value Drivers to Consider When Valuing Wind Farms
In BVR’s special report, What It's Worth: Valuing Oil, Gas, and Alternative Energy Assets, 2nd edition, the authors cover common value drivers when performing a wind farm valuation, including power purchase agreements, capacity factor, and tax credits. Read more >>
27
/ August
2019
Special Issues and Considerations When Valuing Wineries
Whether you are a business appraiser, a winery owner, or an investor, wineries are very unique to assess and have many variables that affect the value. Beyond the different valuation methods and how they can be applied to the wine industry, there are unique, industry-specific factors to be considered. Read more >>
20
/ August
2019
Industry forecast, profit drivers, and inherent risks for pest control services
Vertical IQ, an easy-to-use online service that focuses on the financial aspects of how firms operate in a particular industry, quickly turns you into an industry expert with hard-to-find intelligence on small- and medium-sized businesses. The following covers many of the unique areas of pest control services, which specialize in residential or non-residential services, including the industry forecast, business size and structure, profit drivers, and risks to watch out for. Read more >>
09
/ April
2019
Corporate Cannabis: One-Hitter or Here to Stay?
This is the second installment in ktMINE's Cannabis series. In Part I, it discussed the marijuana IP landscape in general and explored trademarks in the industry. In this post, it investigates the potential movement of Big Pharma and multinational agricultural corporations into the cannabis space. Read more >>
12
/ December
2018
Cannabis: IP Issues in a Budding U.S. Industry
Canada is already facing many challenges after its recent legalization of cannabis last week, including a significant shortage of product and uncertainties about border policies with the United States. Read this post from ktMINE about the IP issues in the budding U.S. cannabis industry. Read more >>
10
/ December
2018
What’s a brewery worth? Key factors when valuing a craft brewery
Explore the key factors that impact the value of a brewery, including cash flow, capacity, and key people/brewmaster. Read more >>
30
/ November
2018
9 trends that impact a law firm’s value
Valuing law firms is very different from valuing other service businesses because they depend on professional reputation and skills, referrals, a high relative intangible asset base, licenses, client relationships, and price sensitivity. In BVR’s special report, What It’s Worth: Law Firm Value, editor Ron Seigneur tackles nine trends that influence the success and reputation of professional services and should be taken into account when valuing law firms. Read more >>