Business Valuation Update

In the May issue:
  • How to Review a Report’s Valuation Methodology
  • Ideas for Solving Two Problems in the BV Profession
  • How Do Your Firm’s Benefits Stack Up?
  • Using Rule of Thumb Data to Uncover Cooked Books
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The Price to Value Disconnect: No End in Sight

We attended the EuroGrowth 2017 conference in London, and here are some interesting observations.

Zeroing in on the value drivers in healthcare: What’s hot, what’s not, and what’s going to pot (Part 2 of 2)

In this article, we highlight the current state of a wide range of healthcare industry sectors, focusing on impending changes in reimbursement and regulations that should affect a valuation based upon the Income Approach—even if the market has not yet tak ...

Risky Business: A Generous Helping of Company-Specific Risk

A potential exists for valuation analysts to overestimate the company-specific risk premium when valuing small businesses. For purposes of this discussion, company-specific risk and unsystematic risk are used interchangeably. “Small business” is defined ...

Chancery’s Reversal on Damages Opinion Bodes Well for Plaintiff

In a major pharmaceutical case, on remand Delaware Chancery finds plaintiff proved it had a reasonable expectation of profits at the time of breach; court accepts plaintiff expert’s damages model, but orders adjustments, particularly to sales quantity.

Conversion Theory Rejected in Valuing Lost Stock Options

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination of the value of stock options using the intrinsic value method in this breach of contract case.

Restricted Stock and Stock Options Considered

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York considered the measure of damages for lost restricted stock and stock options in IBM in this breach of contract case.

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