A business broker and M&A advisor are two professional service providers that can assist a business owner in selling their business. Both can be great resources to their clients, but there are differences in their respective approaches.
A business valuation has many applications, including serving as support for various financial and estate planning initiatives to strategic decision making.
Connelly v. United States is a 2023 legal case that involved the valuation of business shares in a buy-sell agreement. The case upended several longstanding precedents and highlighted new legal considerations for buy-sell agreements.
Market capitalization, often referred to as “market cap,” is a measure used to evaluate the total value of a publicly traded company. It is calculated by multiplying the current market price of a company’s outstanding shares by the total number of outstanding shares. Market capitalization reflects the market’s collective valuation of a company and is an important metric for investors, analysts, and companies themselves.
