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2021 Benchmarking Guide for Family Business Directors

Making Sense of 2020

Family business directors need the best information available when making strategic financial decisions that will help set the course of their business for years to come. This Benchmarking Guide is the resource directors need. Going beyond the basics of revenue growth, profit margins, and balance sheet composition data, this Benchmarking Guide equips family business directors with the information needed to make informed decisions regarding capital budgeting, capital structure, and dividend policy. Market data is transformed into meaningful information in this Benchmarking Guide for family business directors and their advisors. Also provided are questions and insights to help guide directors in their deliberations on these important decisions.
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Auto Dealer Valuation Insights
Mercer Capital's Auto Dealer Valuation Insights blog is a weekly update on issues important to the Auto Dealer industry.
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Energy Valuation Insights
Mercer Capital's Energy Valuation Insights blog is a weekly update on issues important to the Energy industry.
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Family Business Director
Mercer Capital's Family Business Director blog provides corporate finance and planning insights to multi-generational family businesses directors.
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RIA Valuation Insights
Mercer Capital's RIA Valuation Insights blog is a weekly update on issues important to the Investment Management industry.
Article
Fairness Opinions Evaluating a Buyer’s Shares From the Seller’s Perspective
Our experience is that some if not most members of a board weighing an acquisition proposal do not have the background to thoroughly evaluate the buyer’s shares. Even when financial advisors are involved there still may not be a thorough vetting of the buyer’s shares because there is too much focus on “price” instead of, or in addition to, “value.”
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Valuation Considerations in Bankruptcy Proceedings
The outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States has caused a severe public health crisis and an unprecedented level of economic disruption. We discuss the key valuation-related steps of a Chapter 11 restructuring.
Blog Post
How to Value Oil Companies in the Biden Era
Oil & gas valuations are impacted by a plethora of factors that can change almost instantly. Some factors help in arriving at a shareholder’s destination, others do not. In this post we examine a few regulatory items and how they might change the course of an oil and gas company’s valuation going forward.
Book
Mercer and Harms' Third Edition of Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory Is Now Available
Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory, Third Edition (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), is now available for purchase. This revised and updated book explores the core concepts of the integrated theory of business valuation and adapts the theory to reflect how the market for private business actually works. The authors, two experts on the topic of business valuation, help readers translate valuation theory into everyday valuation practice.

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June 29, 2021
Mercer Capital Rendered Fairness Opinions to Simmons First National Corporation
Simmons First National Corporation recently acquired Landmark Community Bank and Triumph Bancshares, Inc. Mercer Capital provided the fairness opinions on these two transactions.
June 3, 2021
Mercer Capital New Hires Announced
May 25, 2021
Parris and Wilson Promoted to Senior Vice President
May 12, 2021
Tim Lee Contributes to Body of Knowledge on the Value of Control in ESOP Transactions and Valuations