BV News and Trends December 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends October 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Hitchner busts more BV myths
Does the fair market value standard assume a financial buyer, without synergistic benefits?
Free updated guide to the Stout restricted stock study
The 2023 edition of the “Stout Restricted Stock Study Companion Guide” is now available, and it reflects updated tables and graphs that contain new transactions.
2023 Stout restricted stock study guide now available
The 2023 edition of the “Stout Restricted Stock Study Companion Guide” is now available, and it reflects updated tables and graphs that contain new transactions.
Young practitioners question traditional discount methodologies
“Outdated studies” and “emerging quantitative methods” are some reasons why young valuation practitioners are questioning the traditional methodologies for estimating discounts for lack of control and marketability (DLOC and DLOM).
BV News and Trends June 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends May 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
More on Hitchner’s myth-busting regarding restricted stock
A few weeks ago, we covered the start of Jim Hitchner’s list of BV myths he is out to bust.
Hitchner launches a BV myth-busting effort
Some notions have recently been kicking around in the valuation profession that have prompted Jim Hitchner (Financial Valuation Advisors) to speak out.
Stout updates its restricted stock study companion guide
The 2022 edition of the “Stout Restricted Stock Study Companion Guide” is now available, and it reflects updated tables and graphs that contain new transactions.
Users inspire update to the Stout DLOM calculator
Estimating a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) has just become more robust with a new update to the Stout DLOM calculator.
Business Valuation Update Yearbook, 2023 Edition
January 2023 PDF, Softcover (426 pages)
BVR (editor)
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
Global BV News and Trends December 2022
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
Mercer’s latest on restricted stock studies
Chris Mercer (Mercer Capital) has been writing a series of articles designed to provide a complete analysis of the historical restricted stock studies many business appraisers rely on for estimating a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM).
BV News and Trends March 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVRPro adds to its ASA BV Review archive
Subscribers to the BVResearch Pro platform can access issues of Business Valuation Review going back to 1982, and the Fall 2021 issue has just been added to the archive.
BV News and Trends January 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Updated ‘Stout Restricted Stock Study Companion Guide’ available
The most widely used restricted stock transaction database for providing empirical support for a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) is the Stout Restricted Stock Study (formerly FMV Opinions).
Business Valuation Update Yearbook, 2022 Edition
January 2022 PDF (454 pages)
BVR (editor)
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
BV News and Trends November 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Latest issue of the ASA BVReview now in BVRPro
The BVResearch Pro platform contains the full archive of BVReview (going back to 1982!), the business valuation journal of the American Society of Appraisers.
A Current View of the Restricted Stock Studies and Restricted Stock Discounts
Although there is relevant evidence in some restricted stock studies that can be helpful for marketability discount determinations, comparisons with average discount observations from these studies do not provide a meaningful methodology to estimate marketability discounts. We conclude this despite the fact that too many valuation analysts continue to rely on simplistic comparisons with averages of restricted stock discounts from dated studies in their marketability discount determinations.
Red Flags Appear in BVR’s DLOM Survey Results
There are a number of areas of concern in the responses to BVR’s recent survey on methodology and practice for estimating a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM).
Mercer chimes in on BVR DLOM survey
“Our profession has a long way to go in terms of understanding what DLOMs, or marketability discounts, really are,” concludes Chris Mercer (Mercer Capital) in his analysis of BVR’s 2021 DLOM survey.
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