Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Fresno, CA
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Fresno, California business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Fresno, CA Q2 2009 Business Valuations
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Fresno listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $350,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $325,000 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Fresno, CA
In the Fresno, CA metro area, companies will on average sell for 0.84 times the selling company's revenues. The data indicates that is 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 $474,000 in Q2 2009.
As a reference point, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.81 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $427,700.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Fresno, CA
Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.
For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for businesses listed in the Fresno, CA metro area was 3.68.
BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Fresno area businesses was $95,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.62 and the median cash flow was $100,000.
Number of Fresno Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 28 listings in the Fresno, CA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Fresno, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Fresno business valuations.
Considerations When Valuing a Business in Fresno, CA
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 Fresno, CA Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Fresno, CA Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for companies in the Fresno, CA metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Fresno area, based on BizBuySell.com's data.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Fresno area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
Flow Multiple
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