D&P/Kroll updates multiples in healthcare services
The S&P Healthcare Services Index declined by 0.6% in August, compared to the S&P 500 Index, which increased 2.9% over the same period, according to the August 2021 “Healthcare Services Sector Update” from Duff & Phelps, a Kroll Business.
Global BV News: D&P’s valuation insights in China
Duff & Phelps has released the 1Q20 Greater China edition of its Valuation Insights series.
BVU News and Trends July 2019
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Eatery multiples in latest Duff & Phelps report
Publicly traded quick service restaurants had a mean multiple of 16.5x (enterprise value as a multiple of EBITDA) in 2018 and are estimated to achieve a multiple of 16.8x in 2019, according to the “Restaurant Quarterly Update—Spring 2019” from Duff & Phelps.
Failure to explain inputs gets expert excluded under Daubert
If more proof is necessary to show that courts across all legal fields dive deep into the details of valuation testimony, a recent damages case that arose in the context of a condemnation proceeding should do the trick.
BVU News and Trends November 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
D&P: Latest multiples in healthcare services
The S&P Healthcare Services Index increased 6.3% over the last month, outperforming the S&P 500, which increased 3.0% over the same period, according to the “August 2018 Healthcare Services Sector Update” from Duff & Phelps.
Hints of optimism in the apparel industry
Although e-commerce keeps chipping away at traditional brick-and-mortar retail, “hints of optimism have emerged within the sector,” according to the Duff & Phelps “Quarterly Apparel Report” for spring 2018.
Global BVU News and Trends June 2018
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BVU News and Trends June 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BV News: Valuation insights in China
Duff & Phelps has released a Greater China edition of its Valuation Insights series.
D&P updates multiples in healthcare services
The S&P Healthcare Services Index declined 1.9% over the last month, but outperformed the S&P 500, which declined 2.7% over the same period, according to the March 2018 Healthcare Services Sector Update from Duff & Phelps.
D&P answers (more) questions on the Navigator
Duff & Phelps did a fine job fielding another barrage of probing questions about its new Cost of Capital Navigator during a free webinar (watch a replay here).
Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator: Q&A With Jim Harrington
The Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator is now available. The new online application is designed to assist financial professionals to calculate and strengthen their cost of capital estimates. The Cost of Capital Navigator provides step-by-step guidance for developing U.S. cost of capital estimates in a straightforward, no-nonsense fashion, using multiple methodologies, and then layering in contextual industry data that can benchmark, augment, and support the estimates.
Free webinar on Cost of Capital Navigator Q&As
The huge audience at our webinar on the Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator had so many good questions that we ran out of time, so there will be a free webinar on March 29 with Jim Harrington of D&P.
Healthcare services multiples from Duff & Phelps
Valuation data from the January 2017 Healthcare Services Sector Update from Duff & Phelps.
Chancery relies on income approach to determine fair value in problematic bank merger
In a statutory appraisal action, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently found the deal price did not reflect fair value because the sales process was suboptimal. Certain other methods the parties' experts used also were inadequate to the task, the court said.
Defense expert testimony supports ESOP valuation and fairness opinions
A recent ESOP decision involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and engaging in a prohibited transaction turned on whether the ESOP trustee’s financial advisor had performed proper due diligence and issued defensible fairness and valuation analyses.
What's in store for BV in 2015?
What were the most significant BV developments in 2014? What can we expect for 2015? BVWire posed these questions to the editorial advisory board of BVR’s Business Valuation Update. Here are a few comments.