Business Valuation and Industry Information Resources

ValuationResources.Com provides free online guides to business valuation and industry information resources for a wide range of industries. Designed as a resource guide for business appraisers, the site's audience encompasses a broad mix of business owners, professionals, educators, students, and other parties interested in these topics.

A special feature of this site is the Industry Resources section which provides industry-specific guides for more than 400 industries. Individual guides for each of these industries identify resources available from trade associations, research firms, and other sources, with resource categories covered in these guides including industry analysis, statistics, trends, and forecasts, financial statements and financial ratios, and compensation and salary surveys.

For more information on guides available on this site, see the following sections below:

BV Books and Publications
Public Company Market Data
Business Valuation Multiples
BV Legal and Tax Resources
Economic Data

Industry-Specific Resource Guides
Industry Analysis and Forecasts
Industry Financial Ratios
Compensation and Salary Surveys
More Resources

BV Books and Publications

BV Books and Publications lists books and other publications which focus on business valuation and related topics. Publications are organized by subject matter, with publications covering a wide range of valuation topics included under the "General Valuation Publications" subject heading.

Public Company Market Data

Public Company Market Data is a guide to online services which provide public company information, with content sections in this guide including finding publicly-traded companies by SIC/NAICS code or market sector, company profiles and financial data, current and historical stock price quotes, analyst earnings growth forecasts, investment research reports, and closed-end fund and REIT information.

Business Valuation Multiples

BV Multiples is a guide to publications and databases that provide valuation multiples derived from public and private company sales transaction data for a wide range of industries, with measures for which valuation multiples are provided including net sales, gross profit, net income, EBIT, EBITDA, seller's discretionary earnings, total assets, shareholders' equity, and book value of invested capital.

BV Legal and Tax Resources

BV Legal and Tax Resources is a guide to publications and online services which focus on state and federal case law, regulations, and rulings dealing with valuation issues and related topics, with online databases available from the U.S. Tax Court and BVLaw searchable for court decisions by keyword, case type, case name, citation, court type, state or jurisdiction, court, attorneys, experts, and judges.

Industry-Specific Resource Guides

For industry-specific guides that identify resources available from trade associations, research firms, and other sources, see the Industry Resources section which provides resource guides for more than 400 industries, with resource categories covered in these guides including industry analysis, statistics, trends, and forecasts, financial statements and financial ratios, and compensation and salary surveys.

Industry Analysis and Forecasts

Industry Analysis and Forecasts is a guide to various sources that provide industry analysis, statistics, trends, and forecasts for a wide range of industries, with information provided for each resource including a description of its primary features and any information that is available free online.

Industry Financial Ratios

Industry Financial Ratios is a guide to industry financial ratios available from various sources for a wide range of industries, with information provided for each resource including a description of its primary features and any information that is available free online.

Compensation and Salary Surveys

Compensation and Salary Surveys is a guide to compensation and benefits information available from various sources for a wide range of industries, with information provided for each resource including a description of its primary features and any information that is available free online.

Economic Data

The Economic Data section includes guides to various sources for economic analysis and forecasts, bond yields and interest rates, cost of equity capital data, and royalty rates and license fees, with information provided for each resource including any information that is available free online.

More Resources

The More Resources section includes guides to business valuation certifications and designations, career information and job listings, and searchable directories for business appraisers and brokers, with information provided for each resource including any information that is available free online.