by Greg Caruso | Oct 19, 2021 | 12 - Details for Business Valuators, 2 - Valuation Basics, 6 - The Market Method of Business Valuation, Uncategorized
At 1:00 PM, October 20, 2021, Gregory Caruso is giving a two hour presentation to the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). The business valuation presentation is based on the methodology explained in...
by Greg Caruso | Oct 6, 2021 | 13 - Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller, 9 - Valuing Partial Interests in a Business
by Greg Caruso, We have done a number of business valuations for clients who want to gift part or all of their business interest. These valuations require a discount for lack of marketability because they are generally considered less marketable than if that person...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 29, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 13 - Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA There are over 30 million small businesses in the US, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and upwards of 50,000 small businesses are sold each year. If you are buying a small business, an SBA business valuation can...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 22, 2021 | Business Valuation, Uncategorized
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Here are some recent valuations, which have sometimes been complicated by COVID-19. We recently analyzed a gym, a landscaping company, and physical therapy and chiropractor practices. We do small business valuations for SBA...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 15, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 12 - Details for Business Valuators, 9 - Valuing Partial Interests in a Business
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA When we are assessing a company in a business valuation, we look at a number of future risks, some of which I’ve discussed in previous blog posts. Discounts and premiums are adjustments we make to the estimate of value in business...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 8, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 2 - Valuation Basics, 6 - The Market Method of Business Valuation
Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Business valuation market method multipliers are useful as rules of thumb or sanity checks on business valuations, calculations, and estimates. Below, I include many small business multipliers and industry multipliers such as...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 30, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 2 - Valuation Basics
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Successful businesses are usually valued by estimating a future cash flow using either an income approach or a market approach. The goal is to select the best cash flow to reflect the true earnings power of the business for the size...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 18, 2021 | 13 - Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller, 3 - Small and Very Small Businesses vs Larger Businesses, 4 - Assessing the Company
“Your key people are all going to retire when you sell the business? Who the heck is going to know how to run the business?????” This is not a conversation that you want to be having as a buyer or seller. If you are trying to buy or sell a business, you...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 10, 2021 | Business Valuation, Uncategorized
Here at Art of Business Valuation, Harvest Business, LCC, we evaluate businesses for a variety of reasons, including Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and Estate and Gift Tax planning. Here is a brief summary of a three recent business valuations by the...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 4, 2021 | 12 - Details for Business Valuators, 14 - How to Review a Business Valuation, 5 - Normalization of Cash Flows, Recent Articles - Current Events
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA In the July/ August Issue of The Value Examiner, the publication of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), I wrote about two common mistakes I see when valuators use the income approach with small...
