Business Valuation

Know what your company is worth — and why.

A valuation is only useful if it holds up when a buyer's accountants review it. Ours starts with the same normalization work buyers perform, so the number you plan around is one you can defend.

Pair with exit planning

Led by: CPA / PhD in Accounting
Output: Value range & earnings bridge
Use: Planning, sale prep, partner decisions

What's Included

From reported profit to buyer-ready earnings.

Earnings normalization

Identifying owner compensation, one-time costs, related-party items, and non-operating expenses that distort reported EBITDA.

Quality of earnings review

Testing revenue recognition, margin consistency, and customer concentration the way a buyer's diligence team will.

Market-based value range

Applying methods appropriate to your size and sector, and explaining which factors move the range up or down.

Working capital analysis

Establishing a normal level of working capital — a figure that often becomes a negotiated term in a sale.

Illustrative Earnings Bridge

How adjustments change the starting point.

Example only — not client data. Every adjustment must be documented and defensible.

Illustrative EBITDA normalization
Line item	Example
Reported EBITDA	$1,000,000
+ Owner compensation above market rate	+ $150,000
+ One-time legal expense	+ $40,000
+ Personal expenses run through the business	+ $25,000
– Below-market rent to related party	– $30,000
Adjusted EBITDA	$1,185,000

When Owners Use It

A valuation answers different questions at different stages.

Deciding whether now is the right time to sell
Comparing a sale with succession or recapitalization
Responding to an unsolicited offer
Partner buy-ins, buyouts, or estate planning discussions*
Setting a baseline before an exit plan
*Formal valuations for tax, legal, or estate filings may require a separately credentialed appraisal. Scope to be confirmed with the client.

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Review your value drivers

A step-by-step look at size, earnings quality and risk factors. This is an educational prototype, not a formal valuation or an offer of advice.

Private by design: your answers stay in this browser tab. Nothing is saved, sent or shared, and no contact details are asked for.

1. Size and earnings

Annual revenue (USD)

Earnings figure (USD)

Use the metric you choose below.

Which earnings measure is this?

Adjusted EBITDAEarnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, adjusted for one-time and owner items. Common for larger companies.Seller's discretionary earnings (SDE)EBITDA plus one owner's full pay and benefits. Common for smaller owner-operated firms.

2. Business profile

Industry

Revenue growth, last 3 years

Recurring or contracted revenue (%)

Share of revenue under contract or reliably repeating.

Largest customer share of revenue (%)

Your single biggest customer.

Owner dependence

Preview prototype · not a valuation

Methodology pending advisor approval

This tool does not produce a dollar value or range for your business. Until our valuation methodology is approved by the advisor, it only shows how buyers are likely to read the value drivers you enter.

Complete the form to see your value-driver profile.

Enterprise value vs equity value

Enterprise value is what a buyer pays for the operating business as a whole, regardless of how it is financed. Equity value is what the owners actually receive after the deal-specific adjustments.

Equity value = Enterprise value − debt + cash ± working-capital adjustment − transaction costs

What this tool leaves out

Debt, leases and other debt-like items
Cash and cash equivalents left in the business
Net working capital targets and true-ups
Taxes, deal structure, earn-outs, rollover equity and fees
Market multiples — none are shown until the methodology is approved

A confidential first conversation, on your timeline.

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