Archive for June, 2019

Business valuation of civil engineering construction firms

Valuing a civil engineering firm in the heavy construction industry? Some sector statistics to consider: There are over 32,600 establishments in this highly competitive industry in the USA alone. Together these companies generate about $256.3 billion in annual revenues. The average civil engineering firm makes some $7.8 million in sales per year employing about 30… Continue Reading

Business valuation discount rate – what’s the arbitrage pricing model?

If you are valuing a business, assessing the company’s earning capacity and risk should sound familiar. Risk estimation gives you the all-important discount rate to plug into your business valuation, especially with the discounted cash flow method. Business appraisers use a number of ways to calculate the discount rates. The best known of these are… Continue Reading