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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

First, on December 17th, 2019, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce went on live television to call for greater oversight of how ESG is used by companies and the investment community. “The By that time, more than $17 billion had been invested into sustainable-focused ETFs and open-end funds during 2019. Sources: [1] [link]. [2]

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Franchise Value: Post-COVID

GCF Value

For instance, when we search PeerComps for ALL franchises sold in 2019 (pre-COVID) vs 2021 (post-COVID), the multiple of SDE were as follows: 2019 = 2.89x (138 comps). 2020 = 2.94 (64 comps). 2021 = 3.01 (8 comps). The last 6 months were equal or better than the average sales for 2019.

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How to Estimate Target Value: 19 Questions to Ask

M&A Leadership Council

Each edition includes directly relevant content derived from Lajoux’s industry leading book series, The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide (McGraw Hill, 2019). United States of America: McGraw Hill, 2019. Q: What should I be wary of when building a precedent transactions analysis?

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How to Estimate Target Value: 19 Questions to Ask

M&A Leadership Council

Each edition includes directly relevant content derived from Lajoux’s industry leading book series, The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide (McGraw Hill, 2019). United States of America: McGraw Hill, 2019. Q: What should I be wary of when building a precedent transactions analysis?

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5 Simple Sense-Checks That Vastly Improve Your Business Valuation

Valutico

In the example below we can see a wild discrepancy between the historical EBITDA margin (2019 to 2021) of xx% compared to the forecast EBITDA margin (2022 to 2028) of xx% There needs to be a really good reason for such a large increase in margins… and usually the reason isn’t quite good enough. the value of all its shares added up).

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Cooley Discusses SEC Charges Against Director for Failing to Disclose Lack of Independence

Reynolds Holding

From 2004 to 2015, he served as the company’s CEO, from 2007 to 2019, as board chair, and as a non-independent director from 2004 to 2019. As it turned out, Leaf’s CEO was on that company’s board and comp committee, thus creating a comp committee interlock. See this PubCo post.)

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ESG A Valuation Framework

Value Scope

First, on December 17, 2019, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce went on live television to call for greater oversight of how ESG is used by companies and the investment community. “. At the time, more than $17 billion had been invested into sustainable-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and open-end funds during 2019. 15] [link]. [16]