Value is not so easy to determine. 3-5 x EBIDTA is a fairly good proxy. Revenue multipliers are worthless as you can have good revenue be still be posting losses each year.
I doubt anyone would buy shares of a private company unless they are large and well known. Or they have inside info as to the value. If the company can acquire the stock and retire it, the rest of you have a nice reverse dilution. Figure out your EBIDTA, that is a good place to start. I would share the calculation with the person that wants to share or sell stock. Nothing to hide there. From: CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:14 AM To: af@afmug.com ; memb...@wispa.org Subject: [AFMUG] shareholder value Good morning - Today we received notice at least one of our shareholders wishes to share his stock. We have another shareholder who is the widow of one of our founding members who also should probably be considering selling - although she is not really thinking about it. We do not know any of her relatives (nephew?) who would likely be the heir to her stock. Her age is currently 81 I believe. I know the "ongoing" value for a company is generally 1.5 times annual revenue, but the true value of what a company is worth is what someone is actually willing to pay for the stock. Per our bylaws, the company has 30 days to make an offer before the stockholder hits the general market. What advice can you give as to what kind of offer the company should give? The stockholder likely does not know what the "market rate" is and very likely the market rate is not the same here in the deep south. I am also curious as to what your thoughts may be on how the stockholder may try to sell his stock on the open market. I feel sure it would not consist of a classified ad in the local paper. :) Thanks in advance.
