Financial, Fair Market and Fairness Valuations

Determining fair market value requires an uncommon combination of accounting, finance and securities skills, and experience.  There also is need to understand the economics of a wide variety of industries and markets.  Other valuation requirements include comprehensive and in-depth research and documentation as well as incisive, well-reasoned, and supportive business and securities markets judgments.  Seidman & Co., Inc. has demonstrated capabilities with each such requirement.

Our financial analysis and market judgments that underpin valuation determinations are provided in numerous applications including:

• Fair Market Valuation of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Options, Warrants, and Projected Streams of Cash Flows
• Fair Market Value and Fairness Opinions in Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Spinoffs
• Tax and Estate Planning
• Fair Market Value of Intellectual Property, Including Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Software, and Algorithms
• Going-Private Buyouts
• Restructuring of Insolvent Companies (In and Out of Court)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Goodwill Impairment Analysis
• Marketability and Restrictive Stock Discounts
• Business and Strategic Plan Development
• Lender Liability Litigation
• Lost Business and Business Interruption Claims
• Damage Assessment and Measurement
• Closed Corporation, Partnership, and Family Disputes (Divorce)
• Solvency Analysis and Opinions
• Plan of Reorganization Feasibility
• Eminent Domain Claims
• Executive Compensation Design and Fairness
• Breach of Franchise Rights
• Litigation Support

Since being established in 1970, Seidman & Co., Inc. has provided financial valuation services to more than 1,000 clients, across most Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) designations.