July 30th, 2020 webinar summing up the PPP with Juliet Peters, Framework Legal, PLLC & Helen Swiatek, On the Money, and Lisa Riley Register in advance for this meeting:https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvce6tqz8rHNWMPqsi_kzP5FDJ4gko-zMs This will be last in the PPP series.
A recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper examined how Covid-19 has affected small business owners. The total number of active U.S. business owners fell 22 percent from February to April, a drop of 3.3 million, which is the largest, steepest decline for the past 20 years. source: https://www.nber.org/papers/w27309.pdf… Read More »Small Business Ownership in the US
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In Q1 2020, buyers began to offer lower valuation multiples as they were preparing for a coming recession. Multiples dipped in the lower middle market this quarter, dropping well below market peaks. Historically, multiples in Main Street have varied within about a 10% range. For more information on Selling or… Read More »YOY Median Multiple for Business Sales: 2014-2020
Q1 2020 found that overall final sale prices came in anywhere from 90% to 100% of the pre-set asking price or internal benchmark. Lower middle-market companies in the $5M to $50M range achieved the highest values at 100% of benchmark. For more information on Selling or Acquiring, contact us: DeltaBusinessAdvisors.com… Read More »Where Are Business Values Trending?
US office vacancy rates have been relatively low; however, expectations are that it will increase amid the COVID-19 uncertainty. Retail vacancy has been surging with the rise of ecommerce. Learn more about Delta Business Advisors at DeltaBusinessAdvisors.com or contact us at 480-686-8062 / Lisa@DeltaBusinessAdvisors.com if you are interested in selling your Company.… Read More »Commercial Real Estate
May 7, 2020 2020 projected unemployment: 8.9%. Unemployment is expected to peak in Q2 at 13.1% while Jobless claims approach 26 million with the hospitality, leisure and food services particularly hard hit. 2021 projected unemployment: 6.5%. The positive news, the rebound is expected to be relatively quick. Additional positive news… Read More »US Unemployment
During COVID-19, recessionary pressures have limited both consumer and business spending. However, there are some markets that are thriving during this lockdown. Videoconferencing providers – up 6%: Cisco’s WebEx is seeing call volumes 24 times higher than what they would normally be outside of the pandemic. What’s more, according to… Read More »Growing Markets with Increasing Revenues