Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Arlington, TX
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Arlington, Texas business-for-sale data on local business valuations.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Arlington, TX
Based on statistics prepared by BizBuySell.com, Arlington listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $290,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $291,000 in Q2 2008.
Arlington, TX Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples
In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, businesses will usually sell for 1.04 times the selling company's revenues. This was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this metro area.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $431,133 in Q2 2009.
To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 1.00 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $456,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Arlington, TX
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area was 3.69.
BizBuySell.com determined that the median cash flow for Arlington area businesses was $110,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.69 and the median cash flow was $108,000.
Number of Arlington Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 988 listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Arlington, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Arlington business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Arlington, TX
When calculating a company valuation, three very important factors are the nature of the business, the risk involved, and the growth, stability or irregularity of earnings and cash flows. This useful tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Arlington, TX Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Arlington, TX Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Arlington area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Arlington area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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