Many larger companies are looking for ; acquiring smaller, but quickly growing businesses that present a tremendous potential for growth and profit when combined with a larger company’s array of assets. This is especially true these days with the rise of startups: quickly growing small business ventures, later on acquired by corporate giants for their promising value. Most company ...
The quality of a report is largely driven by the underlying assumptions made by the valuator - how reasonable or unreasonable those assumptions are will reflect the quality of the report. The valuator’s experience and professional judgment will affect his/her ability to make reasonable and supportable assumptions which directly affects the quality of the valuation conclusions.
What’s your New Year’s resolution - does it include mapping out the future of your business? As a business owner in Toronto, one of the most renowned and globally competitive markets, maintaining profitability and ensuring a stable financial future requires considering its outlook as 2017 ends and a new year filled with opportunities begins. It pays to be steps ahead of impending shifts in the market, which starts with...
Often, in legal proceedings involving business disputes in Toronto and across Ontario, key issues arise, such as financial loss or the value of a business - figures that can differ and be inherently arrived at differently, depending on the that prepared the report. As a result, court proceedings may call two financial experts to present different expert opinions, testifying on the value of the business in question, or the fi...
Disputes in businesses often result in legal proceedings in which a claim is made. These claims may vary depending on the nature of the complaint or the breach that necessitates them, but at their core are economic damage quantifications or lost profits that resulted from the dispute. In providing to business owners and lawyers, business valuators work to provide the party they are c...
Many business owners understand the importance of knowing the value of their company. Unfortunately, many do not appreciate that an identifies the key risks facing the business that affect and determine an appropriate valuation multiple. The valuation of your business is integral to wealth management, tax/succession planning, a potential sale and dispute resolution. A thorough assessment is, therefore, required t...
When business owners are looking to know and understand how much their company is worth, they often overlook small details that help to determine an accurate , such as adjustments to the valuation multiple. In our previous article, we outlined the basics of what a valuation multiple is and the factors associated with increasing or decreasing that value. Accurately referencing rules o...
How much is your business really worth? There’s one way to find out!
Selling your company requires more than putting a price tag on it and asking for offers. To maximize business value and the price you ultimately receive in a transaction, a value as well as the value of potential economies of scale or synergies that would result from combining the target company with a particular acquirer. The concept of a fair market value is defined as “the h...
The Ontario Arthur Wishart (Franchise Disclosure) Act (“AWA”) is designed to . Inherently the Franchisor is in a more powerful position and may not provide adequate disclosure to properly inform a potential Franchisee. When relying on insufficient disclosure, the Franchisee may enter into a contract in which it may not have otherwise entered into had sufficient disclosure been provided. If in fact there was inadequate d...