Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Cambridge, MA
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Cambridge, Massachusetts business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Cambridge, MA Q2 2009 Business Valuations
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Cambridge listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $199,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $200,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Cambridge, MA
In the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metro area, companies will on average sell for 0.79 times the selling company's revenues. This was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this area of the country.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $365,500 in Q2 2009.
In terms of trending year over year, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.81 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $353,000.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Cambridge, MA
Cash flow multiples are a useful metric that is used to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metro area was 2.87.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Cambridge area businesses was $95,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 2.92 and the median cash flow was $98,908.
Number of Cambridge Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 554 listings in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Cambridge, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Cambridge business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Cambridge, MA
Don't hire somebody who is a financial wizard to calculate your business valuation. When valuing a company, having knowledge of the market that exists during the time you're trying to sell is the best way to value a company. A spreadsheet guru may know how to build a killer financial model, but they won't have access to that kind of business comparables data. This advice on how to value a business comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Cambridge, MA Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Cambridge, MA Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for companies in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Cambridge area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Cambridge area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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