Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data

Business Valuations for Santa Ana, CA

Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Santa Ana, California business-for-sale data on local business valuations.

Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Santa Ana, CA

According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Santa Ana listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $235,000.

The median ask price for selling businesses was $225,000 in Q2 2008.

Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Santa Ana, CA

In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area, businesses will on average sell for 0.80 times the selling company's revenues. That was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this area of the country.

According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $371,919 in Q2 2009.

To put this in perspective, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.85 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $350,000.

Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Santa Ana, CA

Cash flow multiples are a common way to value a business.

For Q2 2009, the average cash flow multiple for listed businesses in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area was 2.99.

BizBuySell.com reports that the median cash flow for Santa Ana area businesses was $96,000 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.06 and the median cash flow was $90,000.

Number of Santa Ana Businesses for Sale in the Dataset

The study data comprised 3666 listings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Santa Ana, but they are in the area and so are likely representative of Santa Ana business valuations.

Considerations When Valuing a Business in Santa Ana, CA

In order to properly assess the value of a business, you have to have access to data regarding recent business sales and merger activity. If you have access to such a database of company valuations, it's a relatively fast, cheap exercise to calculate a company's value by using sales prices for comparable businesses. This tip for valuing a business was provided by Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.

Business Valuations for Santa Ana, CA Businesses

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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports

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Historical Data for Santa Ana, CA Business Valuations

With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for companies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA metro area for the last 10 quarters.

Quarter
Median Ask
Q1 2007
$215,000
Q2 2007
$225,000
Q3 2007
$225,000
Q4 2007
$225,000
Q1 2008
$225,000
Q2 2008
$225,000
Q3 2008
$229,999
Q4 2008
$238,000
Q1 2009
$230,000
Q2 2009
$235,000

The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are trending in the Santa Ana area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.

Quarter
Revenue Multiple
Q1 2007
0.83
Q2 2007
0.84
Q3 2007
0.85
Q4 2007
0.83
Q1 2008
0.83
Q2 2008
0.85
Q3 2008
0.83
Q4 2008
0.79
Q1 2009
0.79
Q2 2009
0.80

The table below provides data on how cash flow multiples are trending in the Santa Ana area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.

Quarter
Median Cash
Flow Multiple
Q1 2007
3.01
Q2 2007
3.03
Q3 2007
3.00
Q4 2007
3.00
Q1 2008
3.01
Q2 2008
3.06
Q3 2008
3.02
Q4 2008
3.01
Q1 2009
2.97
Q2 2009
2.99

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