Appraiser Newsroom

JUNE 4, 2024

This paramount event provides an experience unlike other appraisal conferences, offering timely content for all appraisal professionals spanning Business Valuation, Personal Property, Machinery & Equipment, Real Property, Gems & Jewelry as well as Appraisal Review & Management.

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Chris Mercer

MARCH 7, 2024

” And the answer holds regardless of any certifications appraisers might hold. Procedural Guidelines (PG) are designed to provide more detailed guidance for consideration by business appraisers than found in the base standards themselves. Every appraisal must have a stated purpose and definition of the valuation (i.e.,

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Appraisal Rights

JUNE 5, 2017

Further to our prior post about Delaware’s two new appraisal decisions, SWS Group was a small, struggling bank holding company that merged on January 1, 2015 into one of its own substantial creditors, Hilltop Holdings. Stockholders of SWS received a mix of cash and Hilltop stock worth $6.92 at closing. below the merger price.

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Equilest

APRIL 11, 2023

With limited features and formulas, it can be difficult to account for all the necessary parameters in a valuation, such as interest rates, equity risk premiums, and beta. It lacks interest rates, equity risk premiums, beta, and other important data.

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Appraisal Rights

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

We’ve written before about the SWS appraisal case, decided in mid 2017. Part of the argument focused on the concept of size premium – a primer on which is available here – and which is being contested in the SWS appeal. After the ruling, petitioners appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court.

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Equilest

JUNE 13, 2023

Professional Appraisals and Business Valuation Experts Engaging the services of professional appraisers and business valuation experts can provide an unbiased and accurate assessment of the disaster restoration business's value. Factors such as multiples, beta, and equity risk premium are required for accurate calculations.

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Equilest

JULY 10, 2023

Market volatility, regulatory changes, interest rate fluctuations, tenant turnover, and project-specific risks are examples of factors that can impact a company's value. Assessing and quantifying these risks helps determine an appropriate discount rate or risk premium when calculating the company's value.

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Equilest

JULY 10, 2023

These factors include market volatility, interest rate fluctuations, regulatory changes, tenant turnover, and property management risks. Assessing and quantifying these risks helps determine an appropriate discount rate or risk premium when calculating the company's value.

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Equilest

JULY 10, 2023

Market volatility, regulatory changes, interest rate fluctuations, environmental concerns, and construction risks are some examples of factors that can impact a business's value. Assessing and quantifying these risks helps determine an appropriate discount rate or risk premium when calculating the business's present value.

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Valutico

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Another approach is comparing it to similar businesses that have been sold recently, similar to how real estate is appraised. It needs to incorporate both the project risk and the opportunity cost, typically done using the CAPM method.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For those of you who are not finance professionals, but rely on them for advice, I hope this is a cautionary note on taking these professionals (consultants, appraisers, bankers) at their word. Some of them throw buzzwords and metrics around, with little understanding of what they mean and how they are related, and it is caveat emptor.

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