BVU News and Trends April 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends March 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
New Deal Alert feature in DealStats
In response to user feedback, DealStats has added a Deal Alert feature that allows you to receive notifications when new transactions are added to DealStats, based on your specific saved search parameters.
BIZCOMPS now has over 15,000 transactions
A new infographic shows that BIZCOMPS, the database of sales transactions involving small “Main Street” private companies, now includes over 15,165 deals.
DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2022
Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.
Probing Questions Valuers Will Face About Their Guideline Transaction Analysis
Here are the questions a trier of fact (or other reviewer) will ask the analyst about his or her guideline transactions method. Includes a worksheet judges use to compare the work of two opposing experts.
A ‘Radical’ Market Data Approach to Startup Valuations
Michael Blake (Brady Ware & Co.) has issued a challenge to appraisers of early-stage companies: add rationality to valuing startups by relying more heavily on market inputs. The income approach is not always effective in prerevenue situations, so Blake turns to guideline public-company and transaction method alternatives.
DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2021
Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.
BV News and Trends October 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2020
Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.
BV News and Trends May 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Updated DealStats Companion Guide now available
The DealStats public- and private-transaction database has a newly revised Companion Guide that reflects updated charts, graphs, and exhibits.
BVU News and Trends November 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVU News and Trends October 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Time to Take a Fresh Look at the Use of Transaction Databases
This is an adaptation of an article contained in the new fourth edition of The Comprehensive Guide to the Use and Application of Transaction Databases.
Key Issues in Valuing Owner Operated Small Businesses
Owner-operated business must be considered in a different framework than many other types of business. Everything from hypothetical transaction (asset sale versus equity interest) to financial objectives (minimize taxable income versus maximize shareholder value) must be considered from a different perspective. Join David Coffman as he discusses rate of return and personal goodwill through this unique lens.
DealStats now lets nonsubscribers search comparables
The DealStats public- and private-transaction database now allows a nonsubscriber to fully utilize the “Quick Search” and “Search” tabs to view limited information on the “Data” tab.
New enhancements made to DealStats transaction database
DealStats (formerly Pratt’s Stats), the state-of-the-art platform for private- and public-company transaction comparables, has made some enhancements.
BVU News and Trends July 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
How to avoid trouble when using transaction databases
Understand your data!
Put extra scrutiny on market comps, panel advises
The market approach is obviously troublesome now, which makes it even more important to scrutinize your comps, according to a panel that participated in BVR’s second free Town Hall event on the impact of COVID-19 on valuations.
The Comprehensive Guide to the Use and Application of Transaction Databases, Fourth Edition
May 2020 Hardcover, PDF
Alina Niculita
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
BVU News and Trends April 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
New study gleans DLOMs from the BIZCOMPS database
Imbedded discounts for lack of marketability (DLOMs) have been uncovered in a new study of the BIZCOMPS database of sales of small private companies.
Private firm multiples up, per BIZCOMPS update
The median sale price-to-SDE multiple for all industries reported at its highest level in 2019, at 2.09x, according to the BIZCOMPS Deal Review, a regular publication that analyzes general trends, valuation multiples, and operating ratios for transactions in the BIZCOMPS database.