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Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums


Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums is a resource guide to books and publications which focus on business valuation discounts and premiums.

Each entry below includes the source organization and a link to its website, a description of the resource and its primary features, and indicates any information that is accessible free online.

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Business Valuation Discounts and Premiums
Shannon P. Pratt, John Wiley & Sons, October 2001
Publication covers the conceptual basis for each type of discount, data sources, their strengths and weaknesses, court cases, different perspectives and theories, research on causal factors, and different methodologies. Table of contents, index, and searchable text available free online.

BVR's Guide to Discounts for Lack of Marketability
Business Valuation Resources, LLC
Guide includes analysis, articles, and presentations from a variety of sources addressing issues concerning discounts for lack of marketability. Table of contents available free online.

BVR's Guide To DLOM Case Law
Business Valuation Resources, LLC, annual updates.
Guide to discount for lack of marketability case law includes abstracts of nearly 300 court cases with searchable CD access to full text of most cases and comprehensive summary tables.

FMV Restricted Stock Study
FMV Opinions, Inc.
Database includes 430 restricted stock transactions and is searchable by industry, financial data, and transaction parameters.

Restricted Stock Studies
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
Compilation of restricted stock studies.

Valuation Advisors Lack of Marketability Study
Valuation Advisors, LLC
Study compares the initial public offering (IPO) stock price to pre-IPO common stock, common stock option, and convertible preferred stock prices. Selected summary data available free online.

QMDM Companion, Version 4.0
Z. Christopher Mercer, Mercer Capital, 2008
Quantitative Marketability Discount Model (QMDM) presents a practical model to assist appraisers in developing, quantifying, and defending marketability discounts used in valuation reports based upon the specific facts and circumstances of each case using present value analysis.

Mergerstat Review
FactSet Mergerstat LLC
Annual publication analyzes mergers and acquisitions involving US companies, including privately held, publicly traded, and foreign companies. It also analyzes unit divestitures, management buyouts and certain asset sales. Includes industry analysis by size, premium, and transaction multiples. It also provides trend analysis by seller, type, deal size and industry as well as offering 25 years of summary M&A statistics, including average premium and price/earnings ratio.

Mergerstat Control Premium Study
FactSet Mergerstat LLC
Quarterly publication tracks acquisition premiums for completed transactions involving publicly traded target companies where a controlling interest was acquired. Analysis compares acquisition prices to the trading prices one day, one week, one month and two months prior to the announcement date of the transaction. In addition, an event study is performed for each transaction to ascertain the target company's common stock price per share unaffected by the acquisition announcement. The study indicates the percentage of shares held before and after the transaction as well as additional information.

Mergerstat / Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study
Online database version of Mergerstat Control Premium Study is searchable by industry, financial data, and sales details parameters.

Executive Summary Report on Partnership Re-Sale Discounts
Partnership Profiles, Inc., annual
This 20-page report provides a detailed analysis of the current state of price-to-value discounts based on the prices at which minority interests in real estate partnerships traded in the secondary market, together with a historical look at these measures. This summary reports price-to-value discounts for each partnership included in the survey as well as averages for the entire group of partnerships and based upon five categories including: (i) equity - distributing (low to no debt); (ii) equity - distributing (moderate to high debt); (iii) equity - non-distributing; (iv) undeveloped land; and (v) triple-net-lease.

Partnership Profiles Minority Interest Discount Database
Partnership Profiles, Inc., annual
This interactive database, which is accessible via the Partnership Profiles website for a period of one year from time of purchase, provides access to valuable market data compiled in connection with Partnership Profiles' annual Partnership Re-Sale Discount Surveys. Includes an interface enabling appraisers to quickly access market data on more than 300 real estate partnerships.



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