FactSet Review, 2024
May 2024 Hardcover, PDF
FactSet Mergerstat
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
FactSet Review, 2023
May 2023 Hardcover, PDF
FactSet Mergerstat
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
Bankruptcy Court Uses Purchase Price Allocation to Determine Value
In the case of In Re S-Tek 1, LLC, the Bankruptcy Court utilized the purchase price allocation (PPA) as a reference to determine some of the values of specific assets as of the date of the purchase transaction, which led to some interesting results.
PPA breakdown for air freight and logistics firms
Goodwill represents 56% of the purchase price in recent transactions in the air freight and logistics industry, reports Valuation Research Corp. (VRC).
FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2022
June 2022 PDF
FactSet Mergerstat
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
The Legend of Weighted Average Return on Assets and Benchmarking Purchase Price Allocation Data
The author's research shows that only current assets, non-competes, and customer relationships have any predictability to WACC in limited industries. In general, when intangibles have significance, their coefficients are negative, which reduces WACC and implied risk. This finding supports the claim by Lev and Gu (2008) that intangibles are important assets, which reduce, not increase risk. The concept that intangible always should have a premium above WACC is unfounded, and the premise of ARM 34 that intangibles are ancillary assets is outdated. The author suggests and alternative method to use purchase price allocation data to support the selection of premiums above WACC.
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IP more prevalent in PPAs, says Houlihan Lokey study
Trademarks and trade names were identified in 50% of M&A deals in 2015, up from 45% in 2014, according to the 2015 Purchase Price Allocation Study from Houlihan Lokey.
