Just in case you thought celebrity doesn't have value…
Two professors at UC Davis, a school that prides itself on unusual market analyses, have determined that shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs.
Victor Stango and Chris Knittel, professors of economics at the UC Davis Graduate [...]
Losing a major customer doesn't have to kill the sale of a business
What happens when a company loses a significant customer just before the deal closes: What’s the impact on the purchase price—or more broadly—on overall value?
“It depends on the characteristic of the customer,” according to Jeff Litvak and William Kennedy in their presentation, “Pitfalls to Avoid When Assessing Damages in M&A Disputes” at the AICPA Business [...]
Sell a Business Ten Keys to a Successful Exit
Dave Kauppi, of Mid Market Capital, sent us the following short list of 10 key exit strategies for business owners…great reminders always worth repeating. Dave advises:
1. Do not wait too long. Have you ever heard, “I sold my business to early?” Compare that with the number of times you’ve heard somebody say, “I should have [...]
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Is growth all it's cracked up to be?
Nearly all business owners are motivated by the desire to “grow their business,” and there are obvious reasons why the alternative is not acceptable. But, growth for any reason, without an eye toward the bottom line, can retard value. Take a look at the table below from transactions from Pratt’s Stats, the leading database of [...]
Equity risk premium is now below 5%, says Damodaran
“It has been an interesting year, watching the market recover from the current crisis—a little too fast for my taste,” writes Professor Aswath Damodaran in his latest e-alert, Damodaran Online. “The equity risk premium in the S&P 500, which was 6.43% at the start of the year, is now back down below 5%,” he says. [...]
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