John Paglia (Pepperdine University), Robert Slee (Robertson & Foley), and the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University just published the results of their ongoing Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, a research survey pertaining to privately-held companies and the markets in which they raise capital.
BVWire is happy to offer the following snapshot of some key factors specific to the appraisal profession. This compares to similar data from Paglia and Slee’s project we reported here six months ago.
Comparison: Today Versus Six Months Ago
|
Decreased |
About same |
Increased |
Number of engagements |
30.5% |
28.4% |
41.1% |
Fees for services |
25.5% |
53.6% |
19.9% |
Time to receive payment for services |
11.2% |
53.8% |
34.5% |
Size of your BV department |
14.7% |
70.6% |
14.7% |
Cost of capital |
23.9% |
42.4% |
33.9% |
Market (equity) risk premiums |
14.3% |
47.7% |
37.9% |
DLOMs |
8.1% |
64.3% |
27.6% |
Company specific risk premiums |
4.1% |
43.8% |
52.1% |
Over 65% of the 252 BV respondents use the build-up method when determining the equity discount rate; and of those using beta, approximately 60% of respondents reported using an adjusted beta to calculate an equity discount rate. Just under 75% of respondents adjust the income stream to a “control” level when considering options for control adjustments, and the average control premium ranges from 15.4% on companies with $250M in revenues to 17.7% on $1M revenues.