Foreword
Preface i
CHAPTER 1: Current Methodologies 1
CHAPTER 2: The Solution 15
CHAPTER 3: Identifying Outliers Using Re-gression 26
CHAPTER 4: Cash Flow Multiplier Regression 31
CHAPTER 5: Enterprise Multiplier 41
CHAPTER 6: Polynomial Regressions 45
CHAPTER 7: Multiple Variable Regression 50
CHAPTER 8: Selection of Transactions in the Sample 62
CHAPTER 9: Regression 2.0 92
CHAPTER 10: Using Excel's Regression Utility 107
CHAPTER 11: Excel Valuation Template 125
CHAPTER 12: Conclusion
Acknowledgments 142
FRED HALL is CEO and owner of Amador Appraisals and Acquisitions. He has eighteen years of experience in writing business valuations and has appraised over 800 companies. He is a sought-after lecturer and speaker on business valuation techniques at national conferences. His research has been published in IBA's quarterly journal, Business Appraisal Practice, Business Valuation Resource's quarterly, Thomson-Reuter's Valuation Strategies, NACVA's The Value Examiner, and others.