Valuation multiples and control premiums down in 4th quarter 2001
With five valuation multiples plus control premiums for almost 3,000 transactions spread over 16 quarters now in the Mergerstat/Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study (CPS ), it becomes quite inter ...
Mergerstat / Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study and Mergerstat® Review are two distinct services
One of the questions I am asked frequently is, What is the difference between Mergerstat/Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study ( Control Premium Study ) and Mergerstat® Review? This column addres ...
Pratt's Stats shows decreasing MVIC/EBITDA multiples
We are interested in knowing how the values of privately held companies in different industries have fluctuated in the last six years, and look at the Pratt's Stats database to find out.
2001 in review: BVU and J&L combine; active year in court
Databases proliferate; seven new BV books; market multiples drop As a result of subscribers' feedback from focus groups and reader surveys in 2001, we have decided to combine Judges & Lawyer ...
2000 marketability discounts as reflected in initial public offerings
This interview by Alina Niculita is based on the Valuation Advisors Study of pre-IPO transactions for the year 2000. The complete article describing the study is available on BVLibrary.com ...
www.BVMarketData.com sm expands
By Doug Twitchell * In addition to the newsletter you are now reading, Business Valuation Resources, LLC , also brings you several other business valuation-oriented products at www.BVMarket Dat ...
Transaction data valuation
Using Transaction Data to Value Closely Held Businesses – Two Strategies for Using Transaction Data, Raymond C. Miles, Business Appraisal Practice , Winter 2000-2001, pp.29-40. This article exp ...
DEVELOPING VALUATION MULTIPLES USING GUIDELINE COMPANIES
n DEVELOPING VALUATION MULTIPLES USING GUIDELINE COMPANIES , Crow, Matthew R. CPA Litigation Service Counselor , Volume 1999, Issue 9, September 1999. In this brief, but informative, arti ...
Taking a good look at Pratt's Stats
The guideline merger and acquisition method of valuing businesses has been in existence for some time. However, it is only recently that this method truly became a useful way to determine value. Wit ...
Pratt's Stats passes 2,200 transaction mark
This past month marked the second anniversary of Pratt's Stats, the official database of the International Business Brokers Association. We thought we would take this opportunity to update you ...
Bizcomps "99 National Industrial Study analyzes over 500 small business sales
Bizcomps '99 National Industrial Study , Sanders, Jack R., P.O. Box 711777, San Diego, CA 92171, (619) 457-0366, $105.00, 129 pp., 8 ½" by 11", spiral notebook. This study was developed to give mo ...
Fun days with the IBBA -- IBBA holds 29th semi-annual conference in Bloomington, Minn.
The material here was presented by Shannon Pratt, Willamette Management Associates and our editor-in-chief, and Doug Twitchell, Business Valuation Resources, co-manager of the database, at the IBBA ...
Fruitful subjects to research
I am a Ph.D. student at Walden University and wish to study a contemporary problem in business valuation as my dissertation topic. I would appreciate if you could recommend some topics tha ...
Drawing a clear distinction between income and market approaches and methodology
The point of this column is to advocate that income approach methods be distinguished clearly from market approach valuation methods. The valuation profession has (somewhat arbitrarily) classified ...
ASA meeting brings fresh insights to business valuation professionals
n VALUATION FROM A FIDUCIARY PERSPECTIVE Norman P. Goldberg, J.D. U.S. Trust Co. Washington, D.C. Norman predicted that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the case of Howard ...
CHIPS release updated Physician Practice Acquistion Resource book
Cleverley, William O., Ph.D., CPA, Patrick J. Knott, MBA, and Carson F. Dye. The 1997-98 Physician Practice Acquisition Resource Book. The Centerfor Healthcare Industry Performance Studies. 1550 Ol ...