This week’s M&A Weekly Digest discusses how economic uncertainty affects business owners; a increase in the amount of cash that corporate strategics are sitting on; getting optimal deals; and the types of M&A services available and what to expect from each.
Economic Uncertainty?
“The new norm is constant change…Analysts are now pointing to the fact that retail sales increased in October; key manufacturing data is up for the first time in months; and prices at the wholesale level remain stable easing inflation worries. According to Alex Holder, an economist with FTN Financial:
‘The economy seems to be in solid shape. Growth is not strong, but it is not too bad either, and much better than the fourth-quarter recession many were expecting just a few months ago.’
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Cash Rich Strategics
“Earlier this year, we reported that corporate strategics were sitting on over a trillion in cash. According to new data released by the Federal Reserve and reported on by Dow Jones, the corporate cash pile is now even larger … strategic players in the U.S. have over $2 trillion available for investment purposes.”
For the full article and to learn why acquisitions are key, click here.
Optimal Deals
To get the optimal deal, you have to know how to find the optimal buyer, time it just right and know what the buyer is really after. Carl Doerksen explores all of these issues in this article. Click here for the full article.
Types of M&A Services And What To Expect From Each
“Business owners are often at a loss when it comes to selling their companies. Most understand all too clearly that doing so on their own is similar to acting as your own attorney. You know the old saying, “If you represent yourself in court, you have a fool for a client.”
The same could be said of trying to find an optimal buyer for your business on your own. Of course it can be done, owner-represented deals close every day. But more often than not, they are not sold tooptimal buyers, at an optimal price, with a deal structure that favors the seller.
Why is that? Because professional M&A consulting firms have the experience, contacts, and buyer knowledge to find the acquirers that will pay a premium over a company’s economic value (to learn more about economic value, click here).”
For the full article, click here.
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