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The Business Valuation Process
What is my veterinary hospital worth? What is the value of my home health agency? Do you know, we do…
Next Best Exit offers market valuations for the veterinary medicine and home healthcare industry. Our valuations are accurate, objective, data-driven perspectives of your entire operation. NBE valuations of privately held businesses utilize financial, operational, and current market analyses to develop a quantifiable estimate of the true business enterprise value. Our valuation process considers generally accepted business valuation and appraisal techniques that look at current market conditions in comparison to completed transactions of similar companies within the past 18-24 months.
Our valuation process includes detailed financial analysis and current transactions of comparable entities to provide a best and worst-case market assessment and valuation, including the current market value range. We will also highlight and review areas of the business that contribute additional value and elements they reduce.
3 Valuation Methods for a Veterinary Hospital or Veterinary Practice
Classic valuation methods for a Veterinary Hospital or Veterinary Practice include income, market, and asset approach.
Income Approach
- Geographic Risk: Shows how dependent a business is on economic conditions in an area
- Size Risk: More applicable to small businesses or solo practitioners
- Keyman Risk: Reveals if a given business relies heavily on one veterinarian
Market Approach
Asset Approach
How to Value a Veterinary Hospital or Veterinary Practice
- Veterinary hospital and veterinary practice profitability
- Net cash flow generated
- Current and projected growth rate
- Hospital/office location
- Veterinary specialization
- Market reputation
- Value of all tangible business assets
- Facility condition and overall appearance
- Client loyalty and turnover rate
- Practice size
- Transferability of income to a new owner
- Organizational and community goodwill
- Tenure, quality, and turnover of employees
- Exiting ownership structure and transition timeline
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Our valuation process assesses net cash flow using 3 years of tax returns and includes adjustments for owner compensation and other typical add-backs. benefits, one-time expenses, and expense items unrelated to standard business operations. We calculate the hospital’s value by applying expected sales multiples of actual and forecasted earnings.
If you want the best outcome from the sale of your veterinary hospital, veterinary practice, home care agency, hospice or home healthcare business it’s important to start preparations early on. Finding a potential buyer or optimizing your practice may take longer than anticipated. Even though this process is complex; following all the steps and addressing issues in advance will result in more profit for you and peace of mind that your company has been handed off to the best possible successor. You put so much work into building up this business – making sure every detail was taken care of – you deserve the best overall value.
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As a home care, home health care, hospice or veterinary practice owner, it can be difficult to juggle the demands of your company with your personal and financial goals. We are here to provide support, and technical expertise and help guide you through the sales process.
Our expert team of business brokers and exit planning advisors will help you ensure the future of your business.