Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory

A Neumann & Associates, LLC

June 4, 2013

Current Value of Your Business and Value Drivers

By Joseph Eneldas

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There are many reasons business owners need a business valuation.  Estate planning, partnership splits, refinancing, recapitalization or divorce are just a handful of scenarios where business valuations are needed.  Another tremendous and underutilized use of business valuations is a current snapshot of a business value in the buy/sell market place.  The information is often priceless in improving profitability, salability and value.  Even the slightest improvement can have an enormous impact on the true market value of a business.

“A certified business valuation by a third party is the only way to accurately determine true market value”, says Michael Feite, Managing Director, Eastern Pennsylvania. “ Business valuations are a crucial part of a business transfer transaction.  Not only do they help set an asking price for a business seller, they also justify a sales price to a buyer, and the buyer’s respective bank financing the acquisition.  Without a business valuation up-front, a buyer will not take the seller serious and certainly will not make a fair offer.”

“An increasing trend is for savvy business owners to obtain a certified business valuation to analyze their current standing,” says Steve Wrubleski, Managing Director, South Jersey, “they then use this to make business improvements to increase the value of their business.”

So now that we have addressed the benefits of a certified business valuation, let’s look at what drives value.  Value drivers are key elements that build or protect value of a business.  These value drivers are crucial in determining current and future value as well as salability of a business.  Buyers thoroughly analyze these value drivers that impact their risk, comfort and confidence. For example, a high dependency on a single customer, reliance on key employees, non-predictable revenue streams are all factors that impact a value driver.

Due to improper preparation, only a small percentage of businesses can and will sell.  Savvy business owners get a business valuation well ahead of the planned exit time in order to make early adjustments and to improve their business.  This gives them an objective look at their business and value drivers early on in their planning process. A typical list of value drivers includes

  • Historic Growth
  • Profit and Margins
  • Customer Diversity.
  • Employee Diversity
  • Industry Environment
  • Product & Service Mix
  • Macro Economic Market Trends
  • Financial Condition
  • Five to Ten Year Projections
  • Outside Risk Exposure

For a thorough discussion and to learn more about business valuations and value drivers, please contact any one of the firm’s managing directors.

 


About A Neumann & Associates, LLC

A Neumann & Associates, LLC is a professional merger & acquisition and business brokerage firm with 30 years of experience in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland that assists business owners and buyers with the business transfer process in a completely confidential manner. The company is affiliated with BBN, with 450 offices and access to a national network of qualified buyers and sellers. For more information, please contact A Neumann & Associates at 732-872-6777.

About A Neumann & Associates, LLC

A Neumann & Associates, LLC is a professional mergers & acquisitions and business brokerage firm having assisted business owners and buyers in the business valuation and business transfer process through its affiliations for the past 30 years. With an A+ Better Business Bureau rating, the company has senior trusted professionals with a deep knowledge based in multiple field offices along the East Coast and has performed hundreds of business valuations in its history. The firm’s competitive transaction fees are based on successfully completing transactions. For more information, please contact A Neumann & Associates at 732-872-6777 or info@neumannassociates.com

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“Thank you for your Event on "How to value, Sell, and Buy A Business for Maximum Profit" and the insight into ANA’s approach on what is involved in the Business Exit for sellers. Garys Hervieiou's "Business Valuation", Achim's "Deal structure" presentation and Karin’s "Preparing the Package" are real street knowledge shared. They answered attendees questions which makes it more interesting for learning from others. Great for small businesses like us. The presentations were totally worth our time and travel for the event to Princeton, NJ from Rockville MD. Ravi Bhutani, President, CIPS”

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“Gary, this is to thank you for an excellent job done in selling our business. We could never have done it without your professional expertise, dedication and time put in without reservation to make it happen. We will gladly and highly recommend you to anybody in our position.  It was a pleasure to work with you.”

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“I recently contacted A. Neumann and Associates about getting a valuation of my business done. I spoke with Marc, who explained the process in detail. After meeting with Marc in order to get a clear understanding of my business, and what I was hoping to accomplish. His patience in answering all my questions and his knowledge of the proper way to market my business gave me great confidence that this is the firm I will be using to sell my business for max value. Working with Marc at A Neumann & Associates was very easy and professional. I did not know all that was going to be involved in selling my business but they helped me through the process. What I thought was going to be a just another one of those pushy sales companies was just the opposite. Polite, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to talk to and deal with. I highly recommend this firm to anybody who wants to sell now or down the road. Marc not only knows his stuff, but actually is a real nice guy.”

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