Valuation purposes

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Your company is your life's work. You invest all your energy and passion into leading it. You have been preparing for your company succession for some time. There is not a successor within your family. However, you are already in talks with one of your employees or an external investor. Initial price negotiations are the next step, and you want to be well prepared.

Determining your company's current value using a recognised valuation method will provide you with a secure basis for the succession negotiations. In addition, it will assists you in showcasing the relevant value drivers and strengths of your company. It is important to your potential successor that the company value is valid and objective. This is the only way to establish trust in succession negotiations.

"If you as an entrepreneur insist on a price that is too high, you endanger the successful continuation of your company."

Use eValuation: Use the financial data of your company and capital market data from leading information service providers to calculate the current value of your company. Show your company's performance over the course of time and compare your company to competitors in your industry in a benchmark analysis.

The bank is one of your most important stakeholders. You conduct regular financing negotiations, whether in connection with a new financing project, a loan extension, or the annual rating meeting. The outcome of these negotiations often determines the future development of your company. Therefore, thorough preparations are indispensable.

Documents which are informative and prepared professionally create transparency and confidence. In addition, they convey a positive impression of your entrepreneurial abilities. They are one of the most influential soft factors for your rating. As such, in addition to impacting whether a loan is granted, they also influence your negotiating leeway when establishing terms.

"Boost your bargaining power with your bank and enter into your next loan negotiations with confidence."

Use eValuation: Prepare a clear overview of your company's indicators. Present development over the course of time and prepare a benchmark analysis compared to your competitors. In addition, the current value of your company is determined using your company's financial data, as well as capital market data from leading information service providers.

You can have many various reasons for selling your company: Changes to your personal circumstances, asset diversification, classic company succession, or a spin-off of a business unit. In any case it is a unique and important decision. The attainable sales price is particularly decisive for you.

Determining the current value of your company is obviously more than a mathematical operation. However, a company valuation based on a recognised valuation method is a strong basis for sales negotiations. In addition, it will assists you in showcasing the relevant value drivers and strengths of your company. You can create a transparent basis for negotiations with your potential buyer.

"The most important groundwork for successful price negotiations is having a strong grasp of your company's value drivers and demonstrating the company's value objectively and transparently to a potential buyer."

Use eValuation: Use the financial data of your company and capital market data from leading information service providers to calculate the current value of your company. Develop various scenarios and derive an upper and lower price threshold.

Your company has belonged to your family for generations, and your children will also follow in your footsteps, which makes you very proud and happy. However, a new generation and the associated succession plan represent a major challenge. Tax aspects are of particular importance.

The anticipated heritable succession which you have planned is a taxable process. The current value of your company is taken as a basis when determining the possible tax burden. If this cannot be derived from sales among unrelated third parties, the company's earnings prospects are relevant. Therefore, you require a method for deriving the company's value which is recognised, transparent, and well documented.

"Due to the amendment to the German Inheritance and Gift Tax Act effective July 1, 2016, the topic of company valuation has become even more significant."

Use eValuation: Use the financial data of your company and capital market data from leading information service providers to calculate the current value of your company.

You have been leading your company with great success for several years. You regularly focus on your company's key indicators. They are a crucial instrument for assessing your company's current economic situation and its development.

However, you don't realise how successful you actually are until you compare your company's key indicators directly to those of your competitors. An industry comparison underlines your company's strengths, as well as any potential for optimisation.

"With eValuation, we would like to provide you with a tool which can give you new ideas for pursuing your company's objectives."

Use eValuation: Prepare a clear overview of your company's indicators. Present development over the course of time and prepare a benchmark analysis compared to your competitors. Take advantage of the opportunity to illustrate various development scenarios.