Business valuation is a mix of art and science.  The use of various business valuation methods (detailed below) enable both buyers and sellers to draw conclusions based on mathematical calculations.  After all determining business value needs to start somewhere.  A point where both parties can agree to disagree.  The art of finding a business'...

Valuation multiples for software companies  continue to remain steady in comparison to the prior period ranging from 2.6 X to 3.8 X gross revenues.  In translating those m&a multiples to the Gaussian bell curve above we can put that range in blue.   Depending on the type of software company and its gross revenues will determine where that...

Internet Application Software Business Valuation Multiples For year to date 2011, within the Internet and application software industry, business valuation multiples remained steady. However, there was nearly a 50% decline in the number of announced transactions.  During the first six months of 2010 there were...

  M and A advisors all over the world on a daily basis field questions on merger and acquisition valuations.  Often business owners will point out that they read a comparative business sold for a high multiple and theirs is certainly worth more.  Usually, it is the headline "Acme Widget Company sold for $150,000,000" and all its those zeros...

As a mergers and acquisitions firm for the internet, software and technology sectors for the past twelve years, iMerge has witnessed many changes for technology business valuations. One in particular is the continued battle against net profit margin erosion for those in the B2C etail product space.  In the early 2000's an e-commerce business...