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Unrealistic Business Valuation Expectations

InvestmentBank.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

One of the biggest struggles with selling in the middle to lower middle market is business valuation expectations. Sellers almost always feel their business is worth far more than what the market will bear. One of the biggest problems with valuations is what I might call the Instagram , Whatsapp , OculusVR skew.

Valuation

Valuation Business Mergers and Acquisitions Management

Technology Services M&A Market Update

Solganick & Co.

AUGUST 14, 2023

Here are the highlights of the report: Transaction volume and valuation multiples for technology services companies has remained solid during the first half of 2023, continuing to exceed pre-pandemic levels in aggregate.

M&A

M&A Middle Market Valuation Capital

CCA Promotes Tim Brasel to Managing Director

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

MAY 6, 2024

Since joining the firm in 2017, Tim has proven instrumental to its continued growth and the exceptional service the area’s leading middle market companies have come to expect from CCA. The post CCA Promotes Tim Brasel to Managing Director appeared first on Chesapeake Corporate Advisors.

Management

Management Investment Banking Middle Market Boutique

End of Year Update 2022

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JANUARY 13, 2023

CCA’S investment banking team successfully completed five deal transactions across healthcare, engineering, and a variety of other industries.

Investment Banking

Investment Banking M&A Government Middle Market

Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

The Top Industrials Private Equity Firms Mega-Funds and “Large” Private Equity Firms Upper-Middle-Market (UMM) and Middle-Market (MM) Firms Special Situations, Stressed, and Distressed Firms Newer / Smaller PE Firms with Some Industrials Focus How Do Industrials Private Equity Deals Work?

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Middle Market Debt

Aerospace & Defense First Half 2024 Report

Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

FOCUS is a leading national M&A firm for the lower middle market. With an estimated CAGR of 9% in this segment, we anticipate continued M&A activity with premium valuations for space companies. As a result, there is a significant race to develop and own the technologies that will fuel the space race.

M&A

M&A Engineering Manufacturing Middle Market

Recap: 2023 West Coast M&A/Private Equity Forum

Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Whether due to new technologies supplanting the old, overhyped valuations crashing to earth, errors in judgement, or lack of business acumen, the tech world is rife with the rise and fall of companies and careers. The information that is manipulated by those engines, and therefore the output that is presented to humans, might not be current.

Private Equity

Private Equity M&A Equities Mergers and Acquisitions

Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Valuations are high, the returns depend on future growth, and deals are for primary capital , i.e., new cash the business needs. Financial Modeling: Like private equity, 3-statement models are common, as are valuations and DCF models , but LBO models are less common since not all deals use debt.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Capital Portfolio

ESOPs Are an Exit Alternative

Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I did one ESOP where (the business) was $3 million in revenue and a classically challenging situation in that it was a very project-oriented, engineering business (that’s) very difficult to sell otherwise. First, the valuation you get can be very fair,” says Beard. And by the way, this valuation is always negotiated.

Debt

Debt Retail Business Private Equity

The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

If you’re familiar with bank accounting, valuation, and regulatory capital (i.e., Second, in the past week, VCs arguably engineered this run on the bank by panicking on social media and telling their portfolio companies to withdraw funds. Wait, Shouldn’t Regulations Have Prevented the Silicon Valley Bank Failure?

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Bank Banking Funds Government

How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Think: Engineering, math, statistics, or something with elements of all these, such as “management science” or “operations research.” Big 4 or independent valuation firm internships. You should also start learning the technical side (accounting, valuation, and basic M&A and LBO concepts) and begin networking with alumni.

Investment Banking

Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment

The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Loose Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Zero and negative interest rates and massive money printing tend to inflate valuations the most for high-risk, high-growth companies. But some areas proved much harder to “disrupt” than expected, so there remained a perception of untapped opportunity.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Recruitment Funds

Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

But it’s not necessarily required, and plenty of undergrads join these groups via internships without detailed knowledge of the engineering side. Valuation , such as the different multiples used for mining companies and the NAV model in place of the DCF (see below). What Do You Do as an Analyst or Associate in the Group?

Investment Banking

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Unrealistic Business Valuation Expectations

Technology Services M&A Market Update

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CCA Promotes Tim Brasel to Managing Director

End of Year Update 2022

Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Aerospace & Defense First Half 2024 Report

Recap: 2023 West Coast M&A/Private Equity Forum

Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

ESOPs Are an Exit Alternative

The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity

Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

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