Q2 2009 Business Valuation Data
Business Valuations for Sunnyvale, CA
Here's the latest BizBuySell.com Sunnyvale, California business valuation statistics for Second Quarter 2009.
Q2 2009 Business Valuations in Sunnyvale, CA
According to the latest data compiled by BizBuySell.com, Sunnyvale listings for businesses for sale in Q2 2009 had a median asking price of $295,000.
The median ask price for selling businesses was $249,500 in Q2 2008.
Q2 2009 Revenue Multiples In Sunnyvale, CA
In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, businesses will on average sell for 0.89 times the selling company's revenues. This was the mean revenue multiple for Q2 2009 in this metro area.
According to the latest BizBuySell.com data, the median revenue for its listed businesses was $416,326 in Q2 2009.
As a reference point, the Q2 2008 revenue multiple was 0.78 and the median revenue for selling businesses was $425,500.
Q2 2009 Cash Flow Multiples In Sunnyvale, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area was 3.52.
BizBuySell.com determined that the median cash flow for Sunnyvale area businesses was $103,532 in Q2 2009. In Q2 2008, cash flow multiples clocked in at 3.28 and the median cash flow was $101,000.
Number of Sunnyvale Businesses for Sale in the Dataset
The study data comprised 134 listings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area. As such, some of the businesses used to derive the median valuation might be outside of Sunnyvale, but they are in the area and so are probably representative of Sunnyvale business valuations.
Tips for Sunnyvale, CA Business Valuations
Knowing a company's value is relevant to many business decisions beyond defining a business exit asking price. It can influence things like estate planning strategies and how much you can borrow from creditors. This helpful tip comes from Domenic Rinaldi, managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, a leading business brokerage firm.
Business Valuations for Sunnyvale, CA Businesses
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More Information on BizBuySell.com's Quarterly Reports
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Historical Data for Sunnyvale, CA Business Valuations
With respect to local trends in business-for-sale asking prices, here are the median asking prices for businesses in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area for the last 10 quarters.
The chart below shows how median revenue multiples are changing in the Sunnyvale area, based on BizBuySell.com's economic data.
Here is how cash flow multiples are trending in the Sunnyvale area, based on BizBuySell.com's quarterly reports.
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