Valuation
Estimate a credible range by understanding earnings, methods, transaction perimeter, and transfer risk.
Current: Business Valuation Methods: Market, Income, or Asset Approach?Business Valuation: Estimate a Credible Sale Range
Learn how transferable earnings, valuation methods, comparable evidence, and deal terms shape a credible view of business value. The articles below explain the documents, tradeoffs, and next questions that can change the answer for an owner.
7 articles
A practical place to begin
- 01
What Is My Business Worth? Estimate a Sale-Price Range
Estimate a business sale-price range from transferable earnings, enterprise value, debt, working capital, and cash at closing.
- 02
Business Valuation Methods: Market, Income, or Asset Approach?
Compare market, income, and asset-based valuation approaches, then identify the company record behind the largest difference in their results.
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Revenue Ruling 59-60: How the 8 Factors Affect Value
Revenue Ruling 59-60 lists eight business valuation factors, plus the appraisal date, financial statements, schedules, and owner-manager facts that give them context.
Choose the decision in front of you
Earnings quality
Reconcile SDE, EBITDA, add-backs, revenue quality, and the records a buyer will test.
Current: EBITDA Add-Backs: What Belongs in Adjusted EarningsCurrent coverage by business context
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- Business Valuation Methods: Market, Income, or Asset Approach?
- Revenue Ruling 59-60: How the 8 Factors Affect Value
- EBITDA Add-Backs: What Belongs in Adjusted Earnings
- SDE vs. EBITDA: How Owner Pay Changes Sale Earnings
- Seller's Discretionary Earnings: How to Calculate SDE
- Quality of Revenue: How Buyers Check Sales Before a Deal