BVU News and Trends August 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
New DealStats platform is now live!
BVR has officially launched DealStats, which merges Pratt’s Stats and Public Stats transactions into one powerful platform with state-of-the-art search capabilities, additional data fields, easier saving and report generation, and much more.
New DealStats platform getting final touches
BVR is putting the finishing touches on DealStats, which merges Pratt’s Stats and Public Stats transactions into one powerful platform with state-of-the-art search capabilities, additional data fields, easier saving and report generation, and much more.
Free webinar on new DealStats platform
Attend a free one-hour webinar on July 11 that will showcase DealStats, a powerful new platform that combines Pratt’s Stats and Public Stats into one database with enhanced and vastly upgraded features.
BVU News and Trends July 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Agenda available for ASA Advanced BV Conference
One of the must-attend BV events of the year is the Joint ASA 2018 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference being held in Anaheim, Calif., on October 7-10.
Free webinar on new DealStats platform
Attend a free one-hour webinar on July 11 that will showcase DealStats, a powerful new platform that combines Pratt’s Stats and Public Stats into one database with enhanced and vastly upgraded features.
More details emerge on new DealStats database
A July launch is set for DealStats, a powerful new platform that combines Pratt’s Stats and Public Stats into one database of almost 30,000 private-company and 4,000 public-company transactions.
New advisory board overseeing major overhaul of Pratt’s Stats
Pratt’s Stats, the leading private-company transaction database, is evolving into a brand-new powerful platform with better search capabilities, new data fields, easier report generation, and more with its upgrade to DealStats this July.
BVU News and Trends June 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Sample size debate spills over onto LinkedIn
What’s the minimum number of transactions that should be used from a database such as BIZCOMPS or Pratt’s Stats?
Valuing paving contractors
BVR just released a new installment in its series of What It’s Worth guides: Valuing Paving Contractors.
BVU News and Trends May 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Debate continues on use of statistics
“I can no longer stay a silent observer,” says Gary Trugman (Trugman Valuation) about the back-and-forth over how many transactions should be used in the application of the transaction method of appraisal.
Pratt’s Stats Hall of Fame
Pratt’s Stats now lists over 29,000 private-company M&A transactions thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute the data.
BV experts cross swords over statistics
What’s the minimum number of transactions that should be used from a database such as BIZCOMPS or Pratt’s Stats?
Help Shannon Pratt celebrate a milestone
Shannon Pratt will celebrate a milestone birthday on April 12, 2018.
Inside Pratt’s Stats: Impact of Entity Form on Selling Price (Part 2)
Based on the results of various statistical analyses of Pratt’s Stats transactional data, this article explains how transaction size and the entity form support the existence (and the magnitude) of the “pass-through entity premium.”
Recent analyses examine extent of intangibles in PPAs
Intangible assets average 30% of the purchase consideration (PC) and goodwill averages 38% of the PC, according to the Houlihan Lokey 2014 Purchase Price Allocation Study. A different analysis of over 6,000 purchase price allocations finds that the ratio of intangible assets to total assets is 72%. This is according to the second edition of Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations.
In Buyout, Court Extols Expert’s Valuation and Legal Acumen
Appeals court affirms trial court’s valuation of oppressed shareholder’s minority interest in family business based on credentialed appraiser’s “clear, thorough, professional, and reliable” opinion and knowledge of New York valuation-related law.
In Buyout, Court Extols Expert’s Valuation and Legal Acumen
Appeals court affirms trial court’s valuation of oppressed shareholder’s minority interest in family business based on credentialed appraiser’s “clear, thorough, professional, and reliable” opinion and knowledge of New York valuation-related law.
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