What is Included Within the Asking Price Stats Industry Reports?

A description of the industry, the value drivers of that industry and typical bid/ask spreads for businesses offered for sale in that industry.

Descriptive data for the industry including the number of companies included in the analysis and the average, median and first and third quartile splits for the following:

• Asking prices for the businesses covered by the industry report
• Current cash flows and revenues for the businesses covered by the industry report
• The amount of inventory, furniture fixtures, and equipment included in the asking prices of the businesses covered by the industry report
• The number of years the businesses covered by the industry report have been in existence
• The employee counts for the businesses covered by the industry report
• Revenue and cash flow pricing multiples for the businesses covered by the industry report

Example: Descriptive data for accounting practices currently offered for sale

Data Summary	Ask Price	Revenue	Ask Price/Revenue Pricing Multiple	SDE (cash flow) Divided by Revenue	SDE
Count	152	150	150	92	92
Average	$860,091	$651,927	1.34	0.54	$329,553
Median	$450,000	$420,619	1.15	0.51	$211,030
Q1	$270,013	$240,000	1.03	0.44	$130,000
Q3	$856,250	$722,250	1.22	0.63	$336,386
Min	$55,000	$48,000	0.60	0.22	$31,500
Max	$17,000,000	$7,500,000	2.45	0.94	$4,000,000

A breakout of the revenue and cash flow pricing multiples by frequency and by pricing multiple ranges. This information is useful in understanding what businesses currently advertised for sale are priced at in terms of revenues and cash flows.

Example: Frequency and pricing multiple ranges for revenue and cash flow pricing multiples - Industry = Specialty Contractor not specified

Graphs providing estimation lines that can be used in conjunction with the assets to be included in the sale price to set an asking price for a business in terms of its cash flows and/or revenues. These graphs and the information included within them are designed to help the user of the report arrive at an asking price for a business you plan on valuing, selling or buying.

Example: Asking Price estimation line for Convenience Stores based on revenues

State by state descriptive information related to businesses currently being offered for sale in a given industry.