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#101: How to Value Any Business

Includes 16 Case Studies and 27 Valuation Methods

What is the value of my business or one I want to acquire? The valuation process: How to do it right, the 8 principal ways to value a business along with a case study and final weighted value, 5 methods to value goodwill and intangible assets, 7 ways to adjust a company’s financial statements to maximize its value, how to structure the purchase and sale of a business, how to value cash flow or an ESOP or minority ownership position, how the IRS will value your business…plus 16 Case Studies and 27 Valuation Methods…plus a Master Case Study to help you put it all together for direct application to your own business or one you want to acquire.

Other sections in this Manual:

  • Review of the basic values: Balance sheet and income statement values, dividend value, and price-earnings’ and EBIT values.
  • How to value options to acquire a company’s stock.
  • How to “window dress” a company for a higher value and selling price.
  • How to identify hidden liabilities and problem areas to adjust the final value if you’re acquiring another business.
  • 9 ways to increase a company’s value.
  • How to value a service business, along with industry formulas.

Addenda and other Topics:

  • Checklist of 106 questions to ask when valuing, buying, or selling any business.
  • Guide to applying discounts to minority ownership and limited partnership interests.
  • Master Case Study to help you analyze and value any closely held business, including your own business or one you want to acquire.
  • Present Value and Growth Rate Factors to help you value projected numbers in terms of today’s value.
  • Comprehensive Glossary of more than 100 terms and concepts.

Many uses: This 289-page Manual can be used for valuing, buying, or selling a business, estate planning, management succession, buy-sell agreements, family gifts and transfers, stock options for key executives, minority ownership disputes and buy-outs, and divorce settlements.

Thomas J. Martin, expert valuation witness and investment banker, has updated and expanded this Manual which, in its original version, sold more than 25,000 copies.

Price: $239.00   |   Pages: 289

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