Due Diligence & Business Valuations
Professional business valuations and comprehensive due diligence services for buying, selling, or understanding your business worth.
Know What Your Business Is Really Worth
Whether you’re planning to sell, seeking investment, settling a partnership dispute, or simply want to understand your business value, a professional valuation provides the clarity and credibility you need. Our comprehensive valuations use multiple methodologies and industry benchmarks to deliver accurate, defensible assessments of business worth.
Beyond valuations, our due diligence services protect buyers and sellers by uncovering risks, validating claims, and ensuring transactions proceed with full transparency. We’ve conducted hundreds of valuations and due diligence reviews for Brisbane businesses across all industries.
Our Valuation & Due Diligence Services
Business Valuations
Comprehensive business worth assessments:
- Multiple valuation methodologies
- Market comparable analysis
- Discounted cash flow modeling
- Asset-based valuations
- Industry multiple applications
- Detailed valuation reports
Financial Due Diligence
Thorough financial investigation and validation:
- Historical financial analysis
- Revenue and profitability verification
- Working capital assessment
- Debt and liability identification
- Tax compliance review
- Financial projection evaluation
Vendor Due Diligence
Seller-side due diligence for smoother sales:
- Pre-sale financial review
- Issue identification and resolution
- Data room preparation
- Disclosure documentation
- Buyer query management
- Transaction support
Buyer Due Diligence
Protecting buyers through comprehensive investigation:
- Financial verification and analysis
- Red flag identification
- Valuation assessment
- Deal structure evaluation
- Risk assessment reporting
- Negotiation support
Litigation Support Valuations
Expert valuations for legal proceedings:
- Partnership dispute valuations
- Matrimonial property settlements
- Shareholder disputes
- Expert witness testimony
- Court-compliant reporting
- Independent valuation opinions
Strategic Valuations
Valuations for planning and decision-making:
- Exit planning valuations
- Succession planning assessments
- Strategic planning inputs
- Periodic value tracking
- Value driver identification
- Improvement recommendations
Our Valuation Methodologies
We use multiple valuation approaches to triangulate business worth and provide the most accurate assessment:
Market-Based Approach
Method:
Compare your business to recent sales of similar businesses
Best for:
Established businesses in active markets with available comparable sales data
Advantages:
Based on real market transactions, reflects what buyers actually pay
Income-Based Approach
Method:
Value based on future cash flows discounted to present value (DCF)
Best for:
Profitable businesses with predictable cash flows and growth potential
Advantages:
Reflects earning power and growth prospects, forward-looking
Asset-Based Approach
Method:
Value based on net tangible and intangible assets
Best for:
Asset-heavy businesses, holding companies, or businesses in distress
Advantages:
Provides floor value, useful for liquidation scenarios
Capitalisation of Earnings
Method:
Apply industry multiples to normalized earnings (EBITDA, EBIT, SDE)
Best for:
Stable, mature businesses with consistent historical earnings
Advantages:
Simple, widely accepted, based on actual performance
Why Multiple Methods Matter
No single valuation method tells the complete story. By using multiple approaches and comparing results, we provide a range of values with supporting rationale. This gives you confidence in the valuation and provides stronger negotiating positions in transactions.
When You Need a Business Valuation
Selling Your Business
Know your asking price, negotiate from strength, and demonstrate value to buyers
Buying a Business
Verify asking price is reasonable, identify overpayment risks, negotiate confidently
Partner Buyouts
Establish fair value for buying out partners or shareholders objectively
Family Law Settlements
Court-acceptable valuations for matrimonial property division
Raising Capital
Justify valuations to investors and lenders for funding applications
Strategic Planning
Track value over time, measure management effectiveness, plan exit
Dispute Resolution
Independent valuations for shareholder or partnership disputes
Restructuring
Valuations for business restructures, mergers, or entity conversions
What's Included in Our Valuation Reports
Executive Summary
Clear statement of business value with key findings, methodology summary, and critical assumptions