Valuing a business
How a price is arrived at: multiples, adjusted profit, and the difference between what a business earns and what somebody will pay for it.
- How UK businesses are valuedHow a price is arrived at for an owner-managed UK business: adjusted profit, multiples, what the multiple actually reflects, and the difference between a valuation and what a buyer will pay.10 min read
- Business sale multiples by sector: what the data saysTypical UK profit multiples by sector for owner-managed business sales, why published averages mislead, and what genuinely moves a multiple within a sector.9 min read
- Adjusted EBITDA: what you can and cannot add backWhich add-backs survive a buyer's accountant in a UK business sale, which do not, and how to build an adjustment schedule that defends the profit figure you have quoted.9 min read
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