At the 19th Annual Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on October 26, Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, partner, HealthCare Appraisers, presented on the “myth of the multiple” in regard to surgery center ...

Discover how the Multistage Dividend Discount Model uses varying growth rates to value stocks, including blue-chip companies, throughout different business cycles.

The AI boom led American investors to put 75.6% more money into startups in the first half of 2025 than in the same period last year. More than half of all startup funding went to AI projects. In ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When it comes to business valuation, size isn’t just a ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about valuation is that it’s fluid—like a rolling average or a forecast of future value. In reality, valuation is a snapshot in time, much like a balance sheet. It ...

As founders near the end of the lifecycle of their startups, the question of “valuation” usually arises in a new context: mergers and acquisitions. Valuation is no stranger to a founder — it’s ...

The core purpose of a business valuation is to establish an unbiased and justifiable estimate of the economic value of a business entity. Here’s why it is important: Transparency: It provides clarity ...

Multi-tiered entities (MTEs) offer businesses a sophisticated organizational structure with multiple layers of ownership and control. But the complex ownership structures and intercompany ...

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